about
Cancer immunology, T cells, and editable biology.
about
About
When I was 13 years old, I got really interested in immunology, and specifically memory T cells and controlling their states for the sake of cancer prevention.
Over the last few years, that work has progressed, and as gene editing tools have gotten better I have learned about new ways to harness and manipulate T cells to become better cancer fighters.
I'm going to continue on this journey until we make significant progress in this field.
in the lab
- Recognition
- Antigen identification, synthetic receptors, and how T cells sense cancer with specificity, sensitivity, and context.
- Cell state
- T cell state, memory, exhaustion, and what shapes whether cells persist and hold up against cancer.
- Gene editing
- CRISPR, perturbation design, and engineered cells.
- AI for biology
- Computational tools for reasoning about cells, perturbations, and experiments.
outside the lab
- Calisthenics
- I LOVE pull-ups!
- Biking
- hopefully I'm not going too fast...
- Music
- I play the drums and I like listening to jazz.
- Fried chicken
- An ongoing and very serious investigation.
history
How the work developed
- 2022–2024First lab
Princess Margaret / UHN — Harding Lab
Cancer biology and DNA damage. Where research stopped being an idea and became something I actually did with my hands.
Harding Lab lunch - 2021–2023Memory T cells
Salk Institute — Kaech Lab
Memory T cells, immunology, and cancer immunoprevention. How different T cell subsets form, persist, and might help the immune system catch cancer earlier.
Kaech Lab - 2025–presentGene editing & cell programming
Stanford University / Arc Institute — Roth Lab
CRISPR, genetic screening, and T cell engineering. Building tools to reprogram cells at scale.
Roth Lab · Stanford - 2025–presentRecognition & cell state
University of Toronto / Princess Margaret — Brooks Lab
T cell biology and cancer immunology, leaning into immune dysfunction, exhaustion, and cell state (including noncoding RNA / lncRNAs).
Brooks Lab