About Me

Exploring the connections between things using AI.

Early in my life, I was fascinated by the work of Katie Bouman, the researcher who gave us our first image of a black hole. Since no telescope in the world would ever be large enough to capture the image so far away, she gathered partial images from seven telescopes around earth and used algorithmic understanding of how images of everyday objects are structured to fill in the holes. It was possibly my first view into how AI can help us understand science.

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AI is useful for many things, so why focus on AI 4 Science? Science is, in my view, fundamentally truth. Science does not care whether we understand or agree with it, it exists regardless. AI can help us understand science, from how molecules interact in our bodies to generate drug side effects, to how dye chemicals and fungal enzymes interact to convert harmful substances to carbon dioxide and water. When we understand these rules, we can leverage them to solve problems.

The more you understand science, the more you can leverage AI to help understand science better. The more AI you understand, the better you can model and discover truth in science. I have been fortunate even so early in my career to have wonderful mentors, one of whom is a computer science and math expert. He likes to say "Learn the science! Otherwise you will find yourself constantly reading wikipedia and feeling like an idiot".  He is right. It is the joint mastery that produces results not possible with either alone.

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I love the connections between things, whether they are how physics makes chemistry work, how chemistry enables biology, or how human interactions help us build new solutions. This website is my attempt to share my learnings and journey with others. I hope you enjoy it and find that it helps you make your own connections and discoveries along the way!