Hi, and welcome to my home page. I was formerly a student in the Chemical Physics Theory Group at the University of Toronto, where I completed my PhD under the guidance of Prof. Jeremy Schofield.
Under Prof. Jeremy Schofield, I developed an event-driven C++ program using novel molecular dynamics (MD)/Monte Carlo techniques and parallel architecture to explore multiple protein folding pathways. From the simulation results, I constructed a Markov state model to gain insights into how proteins fold to their native states. For more details, check out the code, the publication, or the preprint. I also designed and implemented an event-driven C++ program to simulate protein folding in three solvent baths (penetrating, multi-particle collision dynamics (MPCD), and hard sphere) to validate the MD results. See the code for the penetrating, MPCD, or hard-sphere solvent models, as well as the publication, or the preprint. Lastly, I collaborated with and directed an undergraduate student in implementing machine learning models with PyTorch, such as multilayer perceptrons and convolutional neural nets, to predict the properties of a protein's intermediate states.
Under Prof. Artur Izmaylov, I used Gaussian software to reproduce and analyze the experimental emission spectra of four molecules in order to investigate the effect of deuteration on their fluorescence. See my thesis or this paper for more information.
My research experience at Simon Fraser University encompassed a number of projects across a variety of chemistry disciplines. From May to August 2013, as an NSERC research assistant under Prof. Robert Britton, I synthesized 13-hydroxy-14 (8)-abietene and used NMR to characterize the product at each intermediate step. From May to August 2014, as part of my first honours undergraduate research course with Prof. Charles Walsby, I synthesized four Ru(III) complexes and characterized them using EPR, NMR, UV-Vis, and fluorimetry. I continued as a volunteer from September 2014 to May 2015, during which I carried out the fluorimetry studies featured in this paper. Lastly, from May to August 2015, as part of my second honours undergraduate research course with Prof. Michael Eikerling, I investigated the formation and propagation of fractures in polymer electrolyte membranes using percolation theory and Monte Carlo simulations in MATLAB.