About Me
I am a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Florida, specializing in Speech and Audio AI. I have deep expertise in training multimodal and tool-calling audio models, as well as advancing reasoning capabilities in Audio Language Models.
I am actively seeking full-time opportunities and am open to Research Scientist roles in Speech and Audio AI.
Education
PhD in Computer Science
University of Florida
In Progress
Research focus on Speech and Audio AI, reasoning in Audio Language Models, accented and multilingual speech recognition systems
Master of Science in Computer Science
University of Florida
August 2025
Thesis research on AI and speech processing
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
University of Florida
Completed 2020
Foundation in computer engineering principles and systems
Experience
Research Intern - Speech AI Lab
Adobe (San Francisco, CA)
May 2026 - August 2026
Conducted research in speech AI and presented findings to the Adobe research CAVA group.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Florida - Computer Science
2023 - Present
Conducting research on Speech and Audio AI, developing reasoning capabilities in Audio Language Models, and creating robust systems for accented and multilingual speech processing
Teaching Assistant
University of Florida
2022 - 2023
Assisted with undergraduate engineering courses, developed educational materials, and mentored students in research projects
Service & Reviewing
Invited Talks
Workshop Talk
