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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chairman of Slow Noe Street, a non-profit group associated with SFMTA and SF Parks Alliance, to open Noe Street in San Francisco to pedestrians and active transportation, with the goal of increasing safety, vibrancy, and community within the city and neighborhood.
Elected as Board Director for Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association, the local neighborhood association that works to increase the quality of life in the neighborhood through community engagement, events, and programs
Elected as member of McKinley Elementary School’s School Site Council, a small entity of faculty, staff, and parents of the school that oversees and informs resource allocation, curriculum strategies, and improvements to the school and community.