// updates

• Feb. 2026: In DC for a weeklong research appointment at the Smithsonian, hosted by Nick Pyenson.
• Dec. 2025: Joined the 42nd annual ACS/LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project. If you're in LA, come help sight and track migrating whales!
• Nov. 2025: In SF for a New Science fellows meetup, hosted by Alexey Guzey.
• Mar. 2025: In SF to volunteer at the Marin Ultra Challenge trail race.
• Oct. 2024: In Montpellier to give a talk at the Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier, based partly on work with Matthieu Platre on algorithmic trade-offs in plant development.
• Sep. 2024: In Dresden to teach the Physical Biology of the Cell summer school at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (with Rob Phillips, Jané Kondev, and Ana Duarte).
• Aug. 2024: In the Galápagos aboard the National Geographic Endeavour II as a course assistant for a Caltech Associates trip (with Rob Phillips, Victoria Orphan, and Tom Röschinger).