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Work Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow - McMaster University, Computer and Software Engineering (Jan 2026 - Present)
Building personalized simulations of human motion using reinforcement learning and GPU accelerated physics.
Adjunct Professor - Queen's University, Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Sept 2025 - Jan 2026)
Sole instructor of three second and third year courses in dynamics, control theory, and biomechanics.
Postdoctoral Fellow - University of British Columbia, School of Kinesiology (Sept 2024 - Sept 2025)
Created predictive models of reactive balance using MuJoCo physics engine and optimal control; conducted biomechanical experiments on human responses to unexpected perturbations
Education
PhD in Mechanical and Materials Engineering - Queen's University (Sept 2019 - May 2024)
Thesis: The role of the trunk in the stability and energetics of locomotion (Outstanding Thesis Award)
BASc in Mechanical and Materials Engineering - Queen's University (Sept 2015 - May 2019)
GPA: 4.03/4.30
Funding History
National Science and Engineering Research Council Canadian Graduate Scholarship PhD (NSERC CGS-D)
$105, 000 CAD
National Science and Engineering Research Council Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
$6, 000 CAD
National Science and Engineering Research Council Canadian Graduate Scholarship Masters (NSERC CGS-M)
$17, 500 CAD
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)
$15, 000 CAD