About
I am an undergraduate researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison studying Computer Science. My research interests generally are in machine learning and AI theory.
Research
Undergraduate Researcher — Advisor: Prof. Grigorios Chrysos
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UW–Madison
Researching hallucinations in diffusion model
BioAutomation Team — Advisor: Michael Botts
Wisconsin Energy Institute, UW–Madison
Working on Proteus, an integrated laboratory automation platform for bioconversion discovery. Building ML pipelines connecting yeast OD growth curve features to gene family counts.
Undergraduate Researcher — Advisor: Prof. Chris Todd Hittinger
Laboratory of Genetics, UW–Madison
Genotype-to-phenotype modeling focused on the genomics and evolution of yeasts.
Presentations
K. Aranguiz, J. Yao, S. Kelly, A. Arrington, D. Noguera, M. Botts. "Proteus: an integrated automation platform for accelerating bioconversion discovery." EMSL-JGI Joint User Meeting: Empowering Automated Laboratories, March 2026.
J. Yao et al.. "Utilizing Autonomous Labware to Explore Hypoxia Tolerance Across Diverse Yeasts." ASM Wisconsin Branch Meeting, Lake Geneva, WI, 2026.