PhD Student in Computational & Data Sciences
Danforth Scholar

CV
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About:

I am a Research & Data Scientist Intern at NextEra Energy (Analytics) and a Ph.D. student at the Washington University in St Louis Computational & Data Sciences program. My Ph.D. is supported by the generous funding of the Danforth Scholarship.

Research Interests:

I conduct research at the intersection of applied natural language processing (NLP) and public health. Broadly, my research focuses on applying large language models (LLMs) and social media mining tools to address health and societal issues. My research primarily utilizes novel data sources, such as text data and mobile phone data.

My research aims to:

  • Develop large language models (LLMs) across a range of disciplines, in health policy, social science, and healthcare.
  • Employ AI and NLP tools to create predictive models that enhance policy decision-making and health outcomes.
  • Utilize novel ‘big’ data sources to address key challenges in social science, public health and policy decision-making.

You can view some of my research works at my publications page.

As an applied data scientist, I aim to use my research to create tangible and beneficial tools for stakeholders. As such, I actively develop and publish software tools and programming packages that can be easily deployed. You can explore these on my software page.

Bio:

I completed my Master of Science (with Distinction) in Behavioral & Data Sciences from the University of Warwick (UK) and my Bachelor of Science in Data Science at Penn State University. I was born and raised in Singapore.

My background has enabled collaborations with researchers in computational & information sciences, health & recreational sciences, tourism, behavioral sciences & decision-making.

You can find more information about me in my CV.

Education:
  • PhD in Computational & Data Sciences @ Washington University in St Louis, 2022 – present
  • MS (Distinction) in Behavioral & Data Science @ University of Warwick (UK), 2021 – 2022
  • BS in Data Science @ Penn State University, 2018 – 2021