Bio

Thanks for visiting! I am currently a Postdoc at Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, working with Ishmail Abdus-Saboor.

I completed my Ph.D. at Princeton University, working with Lindy McBride on the evolution of a man-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens. I initiated and spearheaded PipPop, the Culex pipiens population genomics project, and collaborated with 200+ amazing mosquito researchers worldwide. At Princeton, I was a Centennial Fellow and received generous support from the Masason Foundation and the Honjo International Scholarship Foundation.

I earned my Master's at Columbia University where I truly fell in love with evolutionary biology and genomics. My thesis investigated the genomic basis of behavioral variation in a social burying beetle under the supervision of Dustin Rubenstein and Sheng-Feng Shen, which was awarded the Alfred Russel Wallace Prize for the best MA thesis. I was also fortunate enough to be in the lab of Molly Przeworski, working with Molly Schumer (now at Stanford) and Zack Baker to study the evolution of recombination across vertebrates.

Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, I graduated from the University of Tokyo for my undergraduate degree where I worked with Nobuyuki Kutsukake on the evolution of (eu)sociality in the naked mole rat and other African rodents.

I spent most of my youth chasing soccer balls, savoring ramen, and playing Nintendo games. Since moving to NYC for grad school, I've found a new passion for beautiful jazz and flavorful coffee.