I'm a computer scientist working on methods for gleaning insights from biomedical data. In particular, my research focuses on biomedical knowledge graphs—building them, serving them, and reasoning across them.
Better data integration means better data mining, and knowledge graphs are a great substrate for both of those tasks.
For the last five years, I've worked on the NIH's NCATS Biomedical Data Translator project, serving as an architect and primary technical lead for our team's biomedical knowledge graph and reasoning engine at Oregon State University.
Prior to that, I spent six years working in industry on data projects in the life sciences, in roles ranging from analyst to product manager to software engineer.
I've also co-founded companies in the biomedical data space, focused on enhancing biomedical literature search tools with integration of clinical trial information and providing evidence-focused competitive intelligence for digital therapeutics.
Beyond my professional work, I'm honored to be a member of the University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame for my achievements in cross-country skiing, including a national collegiate championship.
| Ph.D. | Computer Science | Oregon State University | 2020 - 2024 |
| B.A. | Biology | University of Vermont | 2009 - 2012 |
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| 2024 | Generating biomedical knowledge graphs from knowledge bases, registries, and multiomic data | bioRxiv |
| 2024 | MicrobiomeKG: Bridging microbiome research and host health through knowledge graphs | bioRxiv |
| 2024 | Computational methods for integrating and querying biomedical knowledge to facilitate translational science | Oregon State University |
| 2023 | ARAX: A graph-based modular reasoning tool for translational biomedicine | Bioinformatics |
| 2022 | RTX-KG2: A system for building a semantically standardized knowledge graph for translational biomedicine | BMC Bioinformatics |
| 2022 | Biolink model: A universal schema for knowledge graphs in clinical, biomedical, and translational science | Clinical and Translational Science |
| 2022 | Progress toward a universal biomedical data translator | Clinical and Translational Science |
| 2021 | Structural generalizability: The case of similarity search | ACM SIGMOD |
I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and have always enjoyed spending time outdoors. In my earlier years, I competed as a professional cross-country skier. These days, I still ski, though mostly downhill, and I'm also a big fan of mountain biking.
I live in the Oregon Cascades with a few too many animals (see below), who never fail to keep things interesting.
