## Now I’m a PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins in the lab of [Dr. Nicholas Durr](https://durr.jhu.edu/). I design and build miniaturized optical imaging systems for non-invasive, in vivo blood cell and microvascular imaging. I’m also the CTO of [Modelus](https://www.modelus.ai/), where we build AI-driven quality control and analytics tools for biomanufacturing teams to standardize, monitor, and scale biology. Outside the lab and startup, I build microscopes, write biological software, and do standup comedy. This site is a map of what I’m making, learning, and writing about. ## Writing - [[Jan 2026 - Optical UART]] - a first-principles demo of an optical interconnect - [[Do Things That Don't Scale]] - why early momentum comes from hand-built experiences - [[2026 Reading List]] — the articles and books shaping my thinking this year