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Experience
Education
- Ph.D, Urban Computing. University of California, Berkeley. 2017-2021.
- M.S., Electrical Engineering. Columbia University. 2010-2011.
- B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. University of California, Berkeley (minors: Economics, South Asian Studies). 2006-2009.
Work
- Head of Product Intelligence / Systems Simulation, Wisk Aero, 2021-Present.
- Aeronautics Researcher, USRA NASA Academic Mission Services. 2020-2021.
- Project Consultant/Lead Researcher, Altiscope at A^3 by Airbus. 2018-2019.
- Co-Founder/CEO, Perpetual Systems Inc. 2017-2018.
- Senior Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Software Engineer, Tarana Wireless, Inc. 2011-2017.
Awards & Honors
- U.S. Department of Transportation Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship Recipient. 2020.
- Selected as recipient of NASA/USRA Internal Research and Development (IRAD) award (chosen as one of five across all of USRA in the nation). 2020.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowship (DDETFP) Best Poster Presentation Winner, Transportation Research Board Conference. 2020.
- U.S. Department of Transportation Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship Recipient. 2019.
- Summer Department Fellowship, Berkeley DCRP. 2018.
- National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) National Grant ($50K). 2017.
- National Science Foundation National I-Corps Winner. 2017.
- Verizon Wireless and New York City Economic Development Corporation Open Innovation Prototyping Award ($25K). 2016.
Teaching
- Guest Lecturer – Introduction to Urban Data Analytics. University of California, Berkeley. 2019-2020.
- Guest Lecturer – Graduate Scalable Spatial Analytics. University of California, Berkeley. 2019.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant – Graduate Transportation Policy and Planning. University of California, Berkeley. 2018.
- Guest Lecturer – Introduction to Transportation Engineering. University of California, Berkeley. 2018.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Urban Economics. University of California, Berkeley. 2017
- Graduate Teaching Assistant – Graduate Wireless Systems and Internet-of-Things. Columbia University. 2016.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant – Graduate Computer Networks. Columbia University. 2015.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Wireless Communications. Columbia University. 2011.
Invited Talks
- The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), The Young Entrepreneurs. “Safe and Sustainable Transportation.” June 2024.
- University of California, Berkeley, AIR Lab. “Challenges and Considerations for Autonomous UAM Operations.” March 2024.
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas Mobility Club. Panel on Advanced Air Mobility and Decarbonizing Aviation. May 2022.
- INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting. “UAM Vertiport Infrastructure Considerations.” October 2022.
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations. “Evaluating the Risks and Readiness of U.S. Cities for Urban Air Mobility.” October 2021.
- Applied Urban Modeling 2021. “Microsimulation Analysis for Networked Traffic Assignment (MANTA) and Traffic Control Inference using Deep Learning.” January 2021.
- NASA Symposium 2020. “Assessing the Value of Urban Air Mobility through Metropolitan-Scale Microsimulation: A Case Study of the San Francisco Bay Area.” December 2020.
- INFORMS 2020 Annual Meeting. “UAM Vertiport Location Choice And Network Design Under Land Use Constraints.” November 2020.
Academic Service
- Referee, Transportation Research Record. 2023-Present.
- Referee, Electronics. 2022-Present.
- Referee, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2021-Present.
- Referee, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 2020-Present.
- Referee, PeerJ. 2020-Present.
- Referee, Berkeley Planning Journal. 2018-Present.