Sam is a PhD student in the computational biology and biomedical informatics (CBB) program at Yale. He received his BS in biomedical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis during which he interned at an AI-driven protein design company. He worked for two years at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, analyzing single-cell lung immunology datasets and building predicitve models for the ICU. He is currently interested in modeling cell state changes in cardiovascular and ovarian systems using large scale genomics datasets with potential therapeutic and screening applications. Outside of the lab, he enjoys weightlifting and pick-up basketball, exploring New Haven, and trivia.