About
Bio
I'm a second-year student at Carnegie Mellon University studying Information Systems, with a planned additional major in Computer Science and a minor in Information Security, Privacy, and Policy. I'm interested in systems security, binary exploitation, and AI red-teaming. I compete in CTFs as a member of CMU's Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP) and publish detailed writeups to share what I learn along the way.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
Aug 2025 – May 2029
B.S. in Information Systems
Additional Major in CS (planned) · Minor in Information Security, Privacy & Policy (planned)
GPA: 3.82
Coursework:Data Structures & Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics, Functional Programming, Usable Privacy and Security
Experience
Undergraduate Researcher — AI Governance & Legal-Tech Visualization
Jun 2026 – Present
Research Group of Prof. Sarah Cen, Carnegie Mellon University
- Building a relationship-visualization tool (graph + filterable table views) cross-referencing the AI supply chain dataset (aisupplychains.org) against entities/relationships from the Musk v. Altman legal filings; deploying via Railway.
- Contributing on the tooling/data side of a ~10-student research group; participating in the "AI in a Human Society" policy reading group.
Research Assistant — AI Coding-Agent Permission-Prompt Fatigue
Jun 2026 – Present
Prof. Yuvraj Agarwal & Ben Weinshel, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Mentor — Wireless Sensing (CSI)
Jul – Dec 2025
Independent Academic Research Mentorship
- Designed an end-to-end Wi-Fi sensing system using Nexmon-modified firmware to capture Channel State Information (CSI) from commodity routers.
- Built Python pipelines for CSI parsing, denoising, phase unwrapping, and visualization, applying FFT, PCA, and low-pass filtering for robust, reproducible results.
- Mentored high school research teams, translating signal-processing concepts into deployable experimental workflows.
Projects
Secure, Automated Personal Server
Jul – Sep 2025
- Implemented a Python-based server with TOTP authentication enabling just-in-time access to sensitive files.
- Reduced attack surface by enforcing ephemeral access and time-limited access controls.
Activities
ScottyLabs — Tartan-vote & DevOps Team
Jan 2026 – Present
- Introduced a security CI check pipeline to ScottyLabs, integrating OSV-Scanner, Gitleaks, Semgrep, and Vulnix for automated dependency, secrets, and static-analysis scanning.
- Surfaced 7+ vulnerabilities via AI-assisted (Codex) security review, assembling exploit chains to validate severity and calibrate threat levels; reported findings with mitigation plans.
- Co-designed a database schema with the team for a new internal project, covering data modeling, query optimization, and integration with existing tooling.
- Developing backend structure for Tartan-vote, CMU's student-government election platform.
CTF Highlights
3rd Place (Team "The Crooks")
Member — CMU CTF Team