My research interests focus on sustainable finance and venture capital, exploring how innovative funding can drive the transition to a greener economy. I'm particularly interested in how early-stage investments can accelerate the adoption of renewable energy technologies and sustainable business practices. Previously, I held a research position in analyzing trends in higher education student demographics and outcomes. Looking ahead, I aim to investigate renewable energy financing, exploring novel financial instruments that can make sustainable projects more attractive to investors and accessible to communities. Outside academics, I'm involved in several campus organizations. I'm the Culture Show Co-Chair of the Vietnamese Student Association, promoting cultural understanding, and Founder Education Chair for Sigma Eta Pi, an entrepreneurship fraternity. I am also an investment analyst in Wharton Asia Exchange, in the energy group, analyzing market trends in the renewable energy sector.

• Bet on Entrepreneurship Cohort 3, intern placement at NewView Capital 
• Market Research and Acquisition Intern at ZNRG Energy 
• Chief Revenue Officer at Stealth Startup

My research primarily falls under cardiac electrophysiology, which essentially is a branch of cardiology that looks at the electrical activity of the heart, and how we as scientists can detect, classify, and treat abnormalities like rhythm and timing in the heartbeat. This sophomore year will be my second year working under Dr. Timothy Markman and Dr. Brian Salzberg. 

With the support of University Scholars this past summer, I first optimized our lab’s indocyanine green (ICG) imaging device, which under near-infrared light excites ICG dye (causing it to fluoresce) and detects changes in voltage. I then observed fluorescence in ICG solutions of various hydrophobicities, a characteristic of the cell membrane. And after staining myocyte cell cultures with ICG and stimulating them to generate an action potential, I observed changes in fluorescence during contraction. Nowadays, I am working on expanding my experiments to larger in vivo samples, like a pig’s heart, with the ultimate goal of one day being able to detect cardiac arrhythmias in the human heart. 

Outside of research, I’m involved in clinical volunteering at local dementia care units with the Brain Exercise Initiative as well as tutoring chemistry at the Weingarten Tutoring Center.

• Research Assistant to Dr. Timothy Markman, Department of Cardiology
• University Scholars

My research interests involve machine learning/AI and climate change. Besides these interests, I am currently exploring new research avenues. Recently, I interned under Professor Franz Weber, who studies REM sleep in mice. His research expertise primarily focuses on neuroscience and the mechanisms that control REM sleep. Under his guidance, I developed a machine learning algorithm to detect p-waves (peaks) in brain state data during REM sleep. I also interned under Professor Charles Yang, whose research focuses on cognitive science, language acquisition, and natural language processing. Under his guidance, I created a computer science algorithm that mimics how humans learn and form pattern recognition. Besides my research, I am also a CIS 1200 TA and part of an investment club. In my free time, I enjoy crocheting, reading, and getting boba with friends.

Learning does not occur in isolation; it is profoundly shaped by our prior knowledge and external environment. My research interests center on exploring the neural mechanisms underlying associative learning, memory, affective empathy, and other forms of human cognition through the lens of computational neuroscience and deep learning. 

At UC Berkeley's Cognitive Development and Learning Lab, I studied three-dimensional object perception in children compared with neural networks, which fueled my interest in studying associative learning through computational methods. At Penn, I work at the Schapiro Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, where I explore how novel information integrates with existing knowledge structures during sleep. My work involves running sleep experiments, analyzing EEG data, and developing neural networks to model hippocampal-cortical interactions. Additionally, in the Corder Lab at the Perelman School of Medicine, I contribute to developing an open-loop platform with an unsupervised algorithm to standardize the analysis of pain and analgesia behaviors in mice, aiming to advance pain disorder treatments.

As a staunch advocate of translational research, I aspire to promote better learning strategies for children and pioneer preventive interventions against neurological disorders through my research. 

I am grateful to the UScholars program for equipping me with a robust interdisciplinary perspective, through the opportunity of interacting with talented peers of varying research interests. This unique perspective has been invaluable in comprehending the societal implications of my research and exploring alternative methodologies for specific projects. Go UScholars!

• Memory and Cognition Researcher
• Translational Research Advocate
• Peer Mentor Group Lead

My research interests lie in 20th century political and intellectual history, particularly with respect to the radical politics of postwar Europe and Asia. I'm especially interested in how radical thinkers and activists forged networks of solidarity and worked beyond national borders to struggle for a more just and equitable world. With the support of the University Scholars program, I spent last summer working with archival materials from members of the Situationist International at Yale University and writing a paper on the actions of radical student groups during the events of May 1968 in France, with a particular focus on how left wing student groups expressed and acted upon their solidarity with workers and revolutionaries in the postcolonial world. At Penn, I'm also involved with 34th Street Magazine, Penn Mock Trial and the Philomathean Society. In my free time, you can find me reading, playing guitar or walking around without purpose.

• Wolf Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow
• Research Assistant for Dr. Siarhei Biareishyk
• PMG Group Lead

See also: Finding France at the Beinecke Library