Impact & Community

15+
Research Consulting Projects
25+
Presentations & Talks
5+
Years Teaching & Mentoring

Invited Talks

Real Stories About Using HPC in Research
Feb 2025
VA-WHPC Seminar, Virginia Women in High Performance Computing
Shared personal experience and best practices for using high-performance computing in Bayesian statistical inference and spatiotemporal modeling research.
Invited Speaker
Bridging Academic Research and Fisheries Management
Oct 2024
Virginia Sea Grant Symposium (TED-style talk)
Presented research on translating complex Bayesian spatiotemporal models into intuitive web tools for decision-makers in environmental policy and fisheries management.
Invited Speaker
Consulting Using Advanced Analytics
Sep 2022
VCU Capstone Course
Guest lecture on applying advanced statistical and machine learning methods to real-world research problems across domains (medicine, public health, finance).
Guest Lecturer

Contributed Presentations

Bayesian Spatiotemporal Models for Marine Animal Movement
Sep 2024
154th Annual Meeting, American Fisheries Society
Presented dissertation research on predictive modeling frameworks for fish trajectory data, with applications to ecosystem management.
Contributed Talk
Bayesian Inference and MCMC in Ecological Modeling
Jun 2024
Symposium on Data Science and Statistics
Presented methodological advances in hierarchical Bayesian models and hybrid MCMC algorithms for spatiotemporal ecological data.
Contributed Talk
Dissertation Research Seminar
Jul 2023
Virginia Commonwealth University
Presented progress on Bayesian spatiotemporal modeling framework to VCU Statistics and Data Science community.
Seminar
High-Performance Computing in Research
Apr 2023
VA-WHPC Student Lightning Talks
Lightning talk on leveraging HPC for Bayesian inference and large-scale statistical modeling. Highlighted Rcpp integration and cluster computing strategies.
Lightning Talk
NFL Big Data Bowl Competition
Feb 2023
VCU Statistical Sciences and Operations Research Data Science Team
Team presentation on machine learning applications in sports analytics.
Contributed Talk
Inclusive Teaching and Student Belonging
Feb 2023
AAC&U 2022 Conference on Transforming STEM Higher Education
Presented research findings on the impact of inclusive teaching statements and faculty presence on student sense of belonging in STEM.
Contributed Talk

Poster Presentations

Bayesian Spatiotemporal Forecasting for Ecological Data
Jun 2025
Southern Regional Council on Statistics 60th Research Conference
Poster
MCMC Diagnostics and Model Validation
Mar 2025
GMU Stat-Connect 2025
Poster
Data-Driven Modeling of Rare and Extreme Events
Nov 2024
NSF Workshop on Data-driven Modeling and Prediction of Rare and Extreme Events
Poster (NSF Participation Award)
Hybrid MCMC Algorithms for Efficient Bayesian Inference
Dec 2024
SIAM Washington-Baltimore Section Fall Meeting
Poster
Spatiotemporal Prediction in Marine Ecology (Best Poster Award)
Oct 2023
American Statistical Association Virginia Chapter Annual Meeting
Poster
Statistical Methods for Environmental Data
Oct 2022
ENVR 2022 Workshop: Environmental and Ecological Statistical Research
Poster