About Me
I'm currently (since fall 2006) a PhD student in computer science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I entered the program on a National Science Foundation IGERT fellowship. I'm now funded by an NSF graduate research fellowship. My emphasis is in computational science and engineering. You can learn about my research here.
Professional: I worked for several years prior to graduate school. I was an IT Developer at Medtronic in Saint Paul, Minnesota, working in the bioinformatics group in the Dept. of Cardiac Rhythm Management Clinical Research. Before that, I was a Data Analyst in the Division of Biostatistics at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I spent two years there working with Dr. Walter Rocca conducting research on the causes of Parkinson's disease. I also spent some time working as a software engineer. For more details on my work experience, please see my cirriculum vitae (pdf).
I'm also interested in:
- software development, programmer productivity, and metrics
- organizational management and team dynamics
- employee recruitment and retention
In addition to my academic and professional interests, I also have a number of related and unrelated personal interests. You can learn more about them by following the links on this page.