Experience

Ph.D. Student in Computer Science

George Mason University · Advised by Dr. David Porfirio

• Conducting doctoral research in human-robot interaction and human-centered intelligent systems.
• Working in the Autonomous Robot Interaction (ARI) Laboratory, with interests in how people communicate with, guide, and understand autonomous robots.

AI Product Developer · Full-time

Agent1000 · Two-person development team

• Built and deployed full-stack AI agent products for small businesses and churches using React, Next.js, n8n, Supabase, PostgreSQL, and multiple LLM providers.
• Designed a shared routing engine that supported 145 specialized AI agents, with Gemini, Groq, and Cerebras fallback paths for reliability and cost control.
• Developed human-in-the-loop approval workflows for sensitive actions, privacy-preserving on-device posture analysis with MediaPipe, and secure multi-tenant data access with Supabase RLS.
• Owned product design, frontend and backend implementation, workflow automation, testing, deployment, and developer handoff documentation.

Research Assistant Intern

Virginia Tech, 3DI Group (Advised by Dr. Doug Bowman)

• Conducting research on emotion elicitation and recognition in VR educational settings, focusing on AI models for analyzing student affect.
• Implementing Unity-based VR environments and integrating real-time interaction data pipelines (AffectiveVR Project).
• Collaborating with graduate researchers to prepare experimental design and literature review on HCI and immersive learning.

Undergraduate Researcher

Vanderbilt Univ., CS Dept (Advised by Dr. Bobby Bodenheimer)

• Research on spatial memory and navigation in virtual environments using World-in-Miniature (WIM) interfaces.
• Extended an existing Unity-based VR experiment with features for interaction and data collection; analyzed user performance to examine display scale effects.
• Planned submission to IEEE VR 2026.

Product Management Intern

Bondit, Seoul, Korea

• Owned end-to-end product development of a freshmen welcome book platform, defining product vision and strategy to serve 500+ US universities
• Collaborated with engineering teams to scope and deliver API features using Kotlin and Spring Boot, balancing technical feasibility with user needs and business objectives
• Drove product quality through comprehensive QA testing strategies and performance optimization initiatives, ensuring scalable infrastructure on AWS
• Delivered product from concept to launch by managing requirements, prioritizing features, and coordinating across development, testing, and go-to-market phases

Undergraduate Research Intern

Vanderbilt Univ., Physics & Astronomy (Advised by Dr. Stephen Taylor)

• Led product development of interactive web-based galaxy map from user research through launch.
• Analyzed complex astrophysical datasets to inform product strategy and prioritize visualization features based on user needs.
• Developed a web-based frontend using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bokeh API.

Artificial Intelligence Research Intern

Applied AI & Computer Vision Lab at SKKU (Advised by Dr. Kwangsu Kim)

• Contributed to development of privacy-focused facial recognition product for autonomous vehicles.
• Conducted data preprocessing to support deep learning pipelines for anonymizing facial identities.

Ph.D. in Computer Science

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Working with Dr. David Porfirio in the Autonomous Robot Interaction (ARI) Laboratory.

Research focus: Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)

B.S. Computer Science

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Relevant Courses: Virtual Reality Systems, Human-Centered Design, Machine Learning