NALA Profile

Personal Interest

Deep learning, cancer, predictive models

Mentoring Interest

Alumni Recruitment, Attend Conferences

Areas of Expertise

Grad School Process, Interviewing, Research Abstracts, Research Presentation, Resume/CV

Past Research

A Deep-Learning framework to determine the epigenetic signatures in heritability. Nilah Ioannidis and James Nunez at UC Berkeley We use a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) that can capture the complex relation between CpG methylation and heritability. I hypothesize that a combination of convolutional and fully connected components can elucidate genetic and epigenetic features that establish epigenetic inheritance. Specifically, I predict that our results will support a model that heritability is not predictable solely on CpG Islands, CG content or CpG methylations in human gene promoters. Our novel approach will determine the complex relationship between CpG methylation and heritability to elucidate features that establish epigenetic memory. Oklahoma State University - Department of Microbiology Patrauchan Lab Evolutionary studies in a calcium-regulated-Protein involved on infection virulence in Pseudomonas. Skills: Bioinformatics, 3D-Protein Structure Prediction, and DNA extraction University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras - Department of Computer Science Ortiz -Zuazaga May 2020 – August 2020 Optimization of the ANOVA approach for Metagenomic assembly of differential metagenomic data. Skills: RNA-Seq Assembly data processing, Python, Bash, and Github. University of California - Berkeley Department of Division of Cell and Developmental Biology Welch Lab Focus on the effects of intracellular pathogens in the cytoskeleton in mammalian cells. Skills: Live-cell Imaging, protein truncations, and cloning

Past Clubs/Organizations

LEADERSHIP AND CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT Hispanic Student Association— President Sigma Delta Pi - ΣΔΠ Spanish Honor Society— President 2019 - 2020 Informed and introduced the new members to the society and encouraged professional development with Spanish Department Faculty Multicultural Affairs Committee—Committee Member 2019 - 2020 Allocated a total of $30,000 to various organization with a focus in increasing and fomenting culture on campus Society for the Advancement of Chicano and 2018 - 2019 Native Americans in Science— Vice President Lead and scheduled professional development meetings with a focus in science careers as well as research education. Hispanic Student Association— Community Service Chairs 2018 - 2019 Communicated closely to communities about service opportunities in Stillwater, OK. Collaborated with 500+ students on a community service day.