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Machine Learning Engineer II
Sentera, Inc.•  January 2023 - January 2024•  Saint Paul, MN
Secured a multi-million dollar contract by demonstrating proof-of-concept for a client research project. Improved data pipeline through code optimization to reduce turn time on client metrics by more than 75%. Created a real-time outlier detection algorithm using statistical and signal processing techniques achieving better than 90% recall and less than 1% false positives on a class-imbalanced dataset. Led the construction of diverse training datasets, oversaw third-party annotation, trained and validated real-time segmentation models, and consulted on fine-tuned training processes to meet client requirements.
Graduate Researcher
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities•  October 2016 - November 2022•  Minneapolis, MN
Pioneered and documented a Higgs boson mass measurement with a relative resolution of 0.1% alongside a global team of scientists using Bayesian statistics and likelihood ratio tests; results published in Physics Letters B. Developed precision calibration software for high energy physics detector improving the relative resolution of e/γ energies by more than 50%, with 50-60% faster derivation time. Developed novel statistical methods used as priors in the Higgs boson mass measurement that contributed to reducing the systematic uncertainty on the mass measurement by more than 50%. Presented analysis methodologies and results to expert and non-technical audiences using visuals created in ROOT and Matplotlib.
Education
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Physics, PhD•  May 2017 - July 2024
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Physics, BS•  September 2014 - May 2017