Primary Science & Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) overseeing a portfolio of ARPA-H (80M lifetime budget). Provide technical guidance to performer teams and ARPA-H staff, engage internal and external stakeholders, review incoming proposals, and track milestone progress. Scope and design new ARPA-H programs — developed the initial structure and vision for the Systematic Targeting Of MicroPlastics (STOMP) program and served as primary architect of the major technical requirements (TA-2) for the Imaging Data Exchange (INDEX) program.

AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow in NSF's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC), supporting open-science and cyberinfrastructure policy. Contributed to the Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems (POSE) program (panels, program-description revision, triage) and to NSF Public Access efforts; member of the NSF team coordinating the multi-agency National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot, developing data-related practices and policies. For the OSTP Subcommittee on Open Science's Open Science Infrastructure (OSI) Working Group, analyzed openly available federal-agency data and authored the findings in a report on agency investments in open-science infrastructure.

Postdoctoral researcher in computational neuroanatomy developing automated segmentation methods for the brain's major white-matter tracts from tractography, using cross-species and literature-based anatomy. Visualized tractography and segmentation results, quantified tract properties, and developed, documented, and maintained code repositories for replicability. Resulting tools enabled cross-referencing of non-humanprimate 'ground-truth' connectivity against imaging-based human connectivity, and served as anatomy models supporting development of deep brain stimulation (DBS) techniques and technologies.

Application developer for the brainlife.io platform, producing and maintaining containerized brain-data processing applications that drastically simplified use of advanced processing and analysis techniques. Contributed testing, monitoring, and feedback on service deployment and coordination; created novel data-processing and visualization code and adapted existing resources. Led scoping, creation, and maintenance of specific data formats/standards.

Graduate researcher in computational neuroanatomy developing and implementing automated segmentation methods for major white-matter tracts from tractography, enabling personalized models of brain anatomy and connectivity. Visualized segmentation results and quantified tract properties. Developed tractography quality-assurance methods.

Voting member of the Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC), representing graduate student researchers on all matters before the council, including campus-level policy, resolutions, and development planning. Engaged campus and university administrators on specific issues and standing ad hoc committees.

Member of the BFC Research Affairs Committee, representing graduate student researchers on campus research-affairs issues — including COVID impacts, conflict-of-interest management, research disclosures, openaccess policy, and non-tenure-track researchers. Worked with the Office of Research Administration, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, and other campus stakeholders.

Member of the BFC Technology Policy Committee, representing graduate student researchers on technology-implementation issues — including virtual conferencing, email and data platforms, and research-data storage and ownership.

Graduate teaching assistant across four semesters for courses in research methods and statistics, cognitive neuroscience, and social neuroscience. Led discussion sections, held office hours, and supported grading and classroom management.

Chair of the Benefits Committee in the IU Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG) and member of the GPSG executive committee, advocating for graduate and professional students on compensation, benefits, and professional issues. Managed a team of graduate student representatives and engaged university administrators — including the Dean of the University Graduate School — on policy development and specific concerns.

Summer Research Fellow in the Data Science for the Public Good (DSPG) program, serving as participant lead on two projects: ontology/taxonomy development for Army personnel performance assessments, and systematic valuation of open-source development processes. Produced code and qualitative/quantitative analyses, performed data curation and dataset linking, built visualizations, and managed interns. Presented insights to multiple audiences and led delivery under rapid-production timelines.

Elected representative for the Program in Neuroscience to the IU Graduate & Professional Student Government, helping shape and develop resolutions as an active member of the organization.