Ty is a graduate student in Washington University’s Imaging Science PhD program. Their research lies at the intersection of computing, health, and applied mathematics. Ty’s work focuses on biomarker analysis and creation, data representation and reconstruction, and model harmonization. By pulling insights from machine learning and computational topology, Ty aims to bring novel analytical answers to important questions in mental health.

Prior to graduate school, Ty conducted research in the Karczmar lab at the University of Chicago’s MRI Research Center. From 2016–2019, they developed breast cancer biomarkers and image reconstruction algorithms that accelerate scans during early-phase contrast uptake. They also built a simulation and reconstruction software package for DCE-MRI, publicly available here (MATLAB). As an undergraduate, Ty studied physics and mathematics at the University of Chicago.

Outside of their academic interests, Ty is also an actor and musician; prior to moving to St. Louis, they were an associate ensemble member of Chicago’s Trap Door Theatre and part of the touring ensemble of For Youth Inquiry, the performance branch of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health.”