Boulder native
I grew up in Boulder, and in retrospect, the town has had a big influence on who I am. Coming from Boulder, I could not help but try cycling at some point. So when I was 7, and my Dad was starting to race, I decided that I wanted to give it a try too. One race was all it took; I was hooked and was already dreaming of racing my bike in Europe.
Professional cyclist
Being a professional cyclist has to be one of the best ways to explore the world in the shortest about of time. Navigating foreign roads and hardly staying in the same hotel room, hostel, school, campground, or whatever, for more than a few nights maximized the number of varied experiences packed into those 7 years. I was lucky enough to call Girona, Spain home for a couple years, and take part in the UCI ProTour racing circuit while learning from Tour de France veterans and former wold champions.
Osteoporosis patient
Almost by accident, I found out that I had been ignoring a part of my health by pursuing cycling since I was 7 years old. It only took slipping on a wet cobblestone sidewalk, when practically at a standstill, to break my femur at the intertrochanteric neck. This fracture might not be unusual for an elderly person, but at 25, it was alarming. Enough so for me to get a DEXA scan to check my bone density. The DEXA scan revealed a T-score indicating osteoporosis in my hip and lower back. I recently did a patient testimonial with Panorama Orthopedics discussing my successful treatment under Dr. Paul Miller. The video can be found on YouTube.
Computer scientist
After my last season racing professionally in 2009, I went back to school full time at the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder to finish my undergraduate degree in computer science. By 2011, I had completed the requirements for my BS degree and moved to Knoxville, TN to start at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a storage system administrator.
I knew that I wanted to play a part in improving the computer systems that powered scientific discoveries such as those at Oak Ridge, and I recognized an opportunity to do that through computer science research. In 2013, Dr. Richard Han, who had mentored me as an undergrad at the University of Colorado, had begun NSF-funded research on a new cloud operating system that fit such a niche. I formally began a PhD program under Dr. Han's guidance in 2014 and expect to defend my thesis in summer 2018.
Premed student
The line of research that I had followed at CU revealed to me how computational techniques are increasingly finding applications in medicine. This convergence has motivated me to go a step further and educate myself to take part in the direct care of patients, such that in the future I will be making use of treatments guided by bioinformatics and artificial intelligence. I began a one-year post-baccalaureate premed program at Goucher College and will be completing the program in May 2018. Next step... med school!
I grew up in Boulder, and in retrospect, the town has had a big influence on who I am. Coming from Boulder, I could not help but try cycling at some point. So when I was 7, and my Dad was starting to race, I decided that I wanted to give it a try too. One race was all it took; I was hooked and was already dreaming of racing my bike in Europe.
Professional cyclist
Being a professional cyclist has to be one of the best ways to explore the world in the shortest about of time. Navigating foreign roads and hardly staying in the same hotel room, hostel, school, campground, or whatever, for more than a few nights maximized the number of varied experiences packed into those 7 years. I was lucky enough to call Girona, Spain home for a couple years, and take part in the UCI ProTour racing circuit while learning from Tour de France veterans and former wold champions.
Osteoporosis patient
Almost by accident, I found out that I had been ignoring a part of my health by pursuing cycling since I was 7 years old. It only took slipping on a wet cobblestone sidewalk, when practically at a standstill, to break my femur at the intertrochanteric neck. This fracture might not be unusual for an elderly person, but at 25, it was alarming. Enough so for me to get a DEXA scan to check my bone density. The DEXA scan revealed a T-score indicating osteoporosis in my hip and lower back. I recently did a patient testimonial with Panorama Orthopedics discussing my successful treatment under Dr. Paul Miller. The video can be found on YouTube.
Computer scientist
After my last season racing professionally in 2009, I went back to school full time at the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder to finish my undergraduate degree in computer science. By 2011, I had completed the requirements for my BS degree and moved to Knoxville, TN to start at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a storage system administrator.
I knew that I wanted to play a part in improving the computer systems that powered scientific discoveries such as those at Oak Ridge, and I recognized an opportunity to do that through computer science research. In 2013, Dr. Richard Han, who had mentored me as an undergrad at the University of Colorado, had begun NSF-funded research on a new cloud operating system that fit such a niche. I formally began a PhD program under Dr. Han's guidance in 2014 and expect to defend my thesis in summer 2018.
Premed student
The line of research that I had followed at CU revealed to me how computational techniques are increasingly finding applications in medicine. This convergence has motivated me to go a step further and educate myself to take part in the direct care of patients, such that in the future I will be making use of treatments guided by bioinformatics and artificial intelligence. I began a one-year post-baccalaureate premed program at Goucher College and will be completing the program in May 2018. Next step... med school!
