Experience
June 2025 - Present
AI/ML Research Assistant
San Francisco State University
- Built an agentic course equivalency system automating transcript parsing, local PII redaction, and pairwise matching with FERPA-compliant data handling
- Fine-tuned Sentence Transformer models (BGE, NV-Embed, SFR) using FSDP and triplet loss, achieving 5.3% accuracy gain on semantic similarity benchmarks
- Built evaluation suite for LLM agent behavior, measuring correct tool invocation and input parsing across 50+ test scenarios
- Deployed containerized ML microservices on AWS Lambda, enabling independent scaling of extraction, redaction, and matching components
January 2024 - May 2024
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
Bluepixel Technologies
- Fine-tuned LLaMA-3 on medical records using PEFT/LoRA, creating an AI health assistant that delivered personalized insights, improving patient data interpretation
- Designed a LangChain agent to structure model output with 99%+ data integrity for time-series ingestion
- Built an automated LLM-to-Grafana pipeline via JSON extraction and InfluxDB, visualizing real-time health trends
- Built a LangChain-based conversational system with dynamic context retention for multi-turn health queries and enforced safety guardrails