experience

Mutual of Omaha

Application Developer ← I/S Intern

May 2026 — October 2026

  • Developed and maintained enterprise applications using Java and Groovy, building RESTful APIs and backend services to support business operations
  • Built responsive front-end interfaces with Angular, JavaScript, and TypeScript, improving user experience for internal stakeholders
  • Designed and optimized complex queries in SQL and Oracle SQL to retrieve and manipulate data across multiple database systems
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement system enhancements that improved operational efficiency
  • Maintained and integrated existing applications while ensuring compliance with company Information Services policies and security standards
  • Implemented appropriate security and privacy measures to protect sensitive company and customer data

OASYS Lab — University of Nebraska — Lincoln

Undergraduate Researcher

May 2024 — August 2026

  • Developed free-range-zoo, an open-environment MARL benchmark suite with support for MADDPG, COMA, and GNN-based policies
  • Enabled dynamic agent/task/frame adaptation for open-system evaluation; used by 20+ international researchers
  • Developed free-range-rust, a Rust+CUDA backend to accelerate free-range-zoo, doubling environment performance
  • Integrated Python bindings with Maturin to expose custom CUDA logic for seamless use in RL workflows
  • Co-led MOASEI competition at AAMAS 2025 with 10+ teams, benchmarking MARL agents in open-agent/task settings

Raman Lab — Washington University

Software Developer

June 2024 — May 2026

  • Developed real-time imaging software for a 3D 2-photon lightsheet microscope processing 20 GB/s of image data
  • Designed parallel MPI/HDF5 data acquisition and OpenCV pipelines for volumetric dataset processing

CSCE361 Software Engineering — University of Nebraska — Lincoln

Undergraduate TA under Dr. Bhuvana Gopal

August 2025 — May 2026

  • Support students in labs, assignments, and group projects for CSCE361, a course focused on large-scale software development and engineering best practices
  • Host technical walkthroughs and office hours to assist with programming and technology tools
  • Grade quizzes and exams, and provide feedback on course deliverables
  • Facilitate team-based learning and help students understand software engineering concepts, including requirements analysis, design, testing, and maintenance

Danforth Plant Science Center

Software Developer

December 2023 — August 2024

  • Developed computer vision software for analysis of underground agricultural data for plant phenotyping
  • Worked with developer teams to manage AWS infrastructure for processing high-density aerial crop data

Open Source Contributions

nixpkgs — NixOS Project

Contributor & Package Maintainer

May 2025 — Present

  • Contribute to nixpkgs with improvements, reviews, and new package additions
  • Collaborate with the community to ensure package quality and build reproducibility

nixvim — Modular Neovim for Nix

Maintainer

May 2025 — Present

  • Maintain Nixvim, a modular Neovim compatibility port for Nix
  • Add plugin support for popular vim plugins and neovim integrations and improve docs for the community

Turso — Distributed Edge Database

Contributor

2025

  • Fixed a core bug in Turso, a distributed edge database built on libSQL, improving reliability for production users
  • Collaborated with maintainers to review, test, and merge the fix into the main codebase
  • Engaged with the open-source community to ensure robust, high-quality contributions

Publications

Inaugural MOASEI Competition at AAMAS'2025: A Technical Report

Patino C., Billings T., Abadi A., Redder D., Eck A., Doshi P., Soh L.

arXiv:2507.05469 2025

A technical report on the first Methods for Open Agent Systems Evaluation Initiative Competition and Intelligence competition held at AAMAS'2025, detailing the competition framework, participating teams, and evaluation results.