About Me
Hello, my name is Benjamin! I'm a first-year student at Cornell University, originally from Millburn, New Jersey. I'm interested in solving socially important problems (e.g. in healthcare and the environment) with computing, particularly with AI and computer vision. I also enjoy exploring the outdoors, running, studying geography, and writing.
Visit my resume at this link for a full list of what I've done!
Skills
Languages
Web/App Development Frameworks
ML/DL/Data Science
Selected Experience & Projects
Intern (on-site)
Summer 2025Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- Learned how to simulate quantum circuits with Qiskit on classical computers
- Developed an open-source implementation of a quantum optimization algorithm for molecular docking
- Presented & discussed work with internal Regeneron teams and IBM research team members
Computer Vision, Bioinformatics Student Researcher
2022 - 2025Millburn High School
- Developed machine learning algorithms for:
- Predicting human-infecting, viral zoonoses based on genomics sequences
- Detecting toxin-producing cyanobacteria for harmful algal bloom research
- Segmenting brain tumors using low-quality MRI data from sub-Saharan Africa
- Special focus on few-shot learning and optimizing setups given limited computing resources/data quality
President of Computer Science Club
2022 - 2025Millburn High School
- Developed & maintained kiosk security app serving 1600 students
- Built websites for school clubs, taught lessons on frontend/backend web dev and artificial intelligence
- Hosted guest speakers in AI & ethics, medical imaging, and robotics
- Founding editor-in-chief for "Catalyst" CS & engineering magazine
Education
Cornell University
2025 - 2029- Fall Semester courses: MATH 2210 (Linear Algebra), CS 2110 (Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures), COGST 2801 (Intro to Game Theory), STS 2810 (Science, Nature, and Knowledge)
Millburn High School
2021 - 2025- Top 5%, high honors
- SAT: 1560/1600, PSAT: 1510/1520 (National Merit Finalist)
Selected Honors
Regeneron Science Talent Search Top 40 Finalist
2025Society for Science, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- The "oldest and most prestigious" science competition in the United States, with nearly 2,500 applicants who are evaluated based on "the originality and creativity of their scientific research, as well as their achievement and leadership"
- Awarded $25,000 for research: "MD-SA2: Multimodal, Depth-Aware Brain Tumor Segmentation in Sub-Saharan Populations"
1st Place - Math & Computer Science
2024New Jersey Academy of Sciences (NJAS) Symposium
- Selected to represent New Jersey for national symposium after winning 1st place in Math and Computer Science at the annual NJAS Symposium
Best Paper & Best Presenter Awards (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning)
2023IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference @ Columbia University
Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold)
2022Government of the United States
- Recognized for volunteering commitment to teaching and constructing python curriculum at Equal Access Robotics, developing volunteer outreach app for Jersey Cares
Community Involvement
Writing for Medium.com
- Topics include medical image segmentation, object detection tutorials, idea generation, and AI ethics
- Some of my articles have reached thousands of readers, which makes me glad; there's something I really enjoy in helping curious learners while solidifying my own understanding
New Jersey Academy of Sciences (NJAS) Symposium
- Streamlined the review process for 80 judges and over 200 student research projects
- Added google forms/sheets API integration, judge ID and student verification, sanity checks for valid form input
Open-source work
- Reached out to Medical Open Network for AI (MONAI) core dev team, invited to attend weekly meetings, did bug fixing and answering community inquiries
- Currently working on an expository paper and from-scratch implementations of common deep learning architectures (MLP, CNN, Transformer, etc)
Hobbies
I'm a runner, having done cross country and track and field (sprinting & jumping) in high school. In the summer of 2024, I completed a grueling 10K race up Loon Mountain, New Hampshire - deemed "Most Competitive Hillclimb" by Runner's World Magazine!
I also love spending time outdoors and in nature, such as hiking or camping. But when I'm not able to travel far from home, I enjoy exploring new places and learning about different cultures through the game GeoGuessr. I had so much fun with the game that I reached top 80 on the competitive, no-move gamemode leaderboard in USA!
Here are some of my favorite photos from places I've been, in real life of course:
