I am a fourth year undergraduate student in the EECS department at UC Berkeley, and will be researching DC-AC control techniques for a multilevel inverter in residential use cases. I have always loved to build and create, and have refined that into a passion for electrical engineering during my university experience. I am excited about facilitating the transition to renewable and clean energy through research and extracurricular activities. To this extent, I spend my free time developing a high-voltage battery pack for an electric racecar which competes in the yearly FSAE competition.
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Scott Eustice
Scott grew up in Rockville, MD, and received a BA in physics from UChicago. After completing a MSc in Munich, Germany he came to Berkeley in 2019 to join the physics PhD program. At Berkeley, Scott is working on laser cooling of neutral titanium atoms, achieving the first ultracold gas of these atoms in 2023. With properties unlike other elements that are commonly used in ultracold atomic physics research, titanium opens up new possibilities in quantum simulation, metrology, and precision measurement. Additionally, Scott and his collaborators have identified twelve other elements that can be studied with similar techniques as titanium, each of which may present opportunities for new directions in atomic physics research. In his free time, Scott enjoys baking, reading, watching movies with friends, and traveling.
Nathaniel Leslie
I am a graduate student working with Professor Liang Dai on gravitational wave data analysis. I am currently interested in multi-messenger astronomy of double white dwarf systems with mHz gravitational waves and optical band light. Gravitational waves in this frequency band are not currently detectable, but they will be detectable in the mid-2030s using a triangular array of spacecraft that will orbit the sun behind the Earth called LISA. Using LISA and existing and future optical telescopes, we can learn information about these systems that we cannot measure with either data set alone, like the effect of tides on the orbital evolution. I am also very passionate about teaching. I have been teaching and developing Physics 188/288: Bayesian Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Physical Sciences and I hope to bring a course like it where I end up teaching in the future. In my free time, I enjoy playing double bass and electric bass, and playing board games and video games with my friends.
Oberon Dixon-Luinenburg
I am a PhD candidate in bioengineering and computational biology, working at the intersection of multimodal epigenetic measurement technologies and neural network models to predict gene expression. Eukaryotic gene regulation is driven by the DNA sequence of the genome in interaction with multiple layers of complex epigenetic state. I am building computational tools to help measure, model, and understand this regulatory grammar, ranging from long read sequencing data processing to CNN and transformer models trained with new epigenetic data. A better understanding of the driving forces of gene expression and its dysregulation can be used for applications ranging from disease screening to target identification for new therapeutic modalities.
Sultan Daniels
I was born and raised in Southern California, and I became interested in electrical and computer engineering after developing a strong passion for music technology. When experimenting with digital synthesizers and audio effects, I was fascinated by the mathematics that made all of the signal processing possible. I went on to study engineering at Brown University, along with playing lacrosse on the club team and being a part of the Brown Space Engineering club. Now, at UC Berkeley, I am working on a project with Professor Anant Sahai that studies deep learning models from a signal processing perspective.
Philothei Sahinidis
Philothei is a PhD student in EECS at Berkeley, advised by Professor Ana Arias. Her research focuses on developing scalable energy and sensing devices through wet solution processing techniques, with the goal of making energy and environmental monitoring more accessible. She earned her undergraduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Georgia Tech, where her international experiences studying, working, and researching in Singapore, Liechtenstein, and France shaped her commitment to inclusive research with a global impact. In her free time, Philothei enjoys hiking, reading, and gardening.
Giana Cirolia
Facu Sapienza
I am an Argentinian PhD candidate with a background in mathematics, physics, and data science. My research lies in the intersection of novel data science methods and physics, with emphasis in glacier modelling and scientific software development. I am fortunate to be advised by Fernando Pérez (UC Berkeley, Project Jupyter) and Jonathan Taylor (Stanford).
Andres Alonso Dextre Chavez
Andres is a PhD student in the joint Bioengineering program at UC Berkeley – UCSF in the lab of Dr. Daniel Fletcher. His research focuses on developing new low-cost diagnostics that can be implemented at the Point-of-Care. Specifically, he is working on using CRISPR-Cas enzymes to detect a wide range of biomarkers in a multiplexed manner for infectious diseases. Before coming to Berkeley, Andres attended Purdue University where he received a BS in Biological Engineering. At Purdue he conducted research in developing paper-based molecular diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 and Bovine respiratory disease in Dr. Mohit Verma’s lab. Outside of the lab, Andres enjoys playing soccer, cooking and reading.
Hila Mor
Hila Mor is a researcher, designer and artist. She is currently working on her Ph.D. advised by Professor Eric Paulos at the Hybrid Ecologies Lab, EECS, UC Berkeley. Her work centers on Human-Computer Interaction and the design of interactive computational materials. She is developing powerless sensors and displays that harness ubiquitous material dynamics in novel ways. Hila’s research aims to not only uncover new forms of interaction through programmable materials but also to democratize these technologies, making them more accessible to diverse communities. She holds a Master of Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, where she was part of the Tangible Media Group, and a B.Des Cum Laude in Product Design from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.