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Basics
Name | David Ma |
davidma.inspire@outlook.com | |
Phone | (425) 240-2620 |
Url | https://davdma.github.io/ |
Summary | An undergraduate student interested in the intersection of biology, chemistry, environmental science and computation. |
Work
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2024.06 - 2024.08 Seattle, WA
SURP Intern
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Cleaned and analyzed kinase inhibitor dataset, including measuring the polypharmacology of different FDA approved kinase inhibitors. Experimented with cheminformatic ML models (Chemprop, ProSmith) on HPC for predicting kinase inhibition profiles using chemical structure.
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2023.06 - Present Lemont, IL
Research Aide
Argonne National Laboratory
Part-time research aide working on the national AI flood mapping project. Developed python and shell scripts for dataset collection and devised a successful manual labeling workflow. Currently investigating different computer vision model architectures on the HPC clusters for predicting flood pixels from both multispectral and synthetic radar aperture (SAR) data.
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2022.06 - 2022.09 Lemont, IL
SULI Intern
Argonne National Laboratory
Conducted independent project modeling PFAS bioaccumulation over the course of 12 weeks. Explored different data sampling methodologies and transfer learning to predict bioaccumulation behavior in a small class of PFAS compounds.
Volunteer
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2024.04 - 2024.07 Chicago, IL
Instructor
Math Circles of Chicago
Statistics instructor for the MAPSCorp program at Kenwood Academy and UC Woodlawn Charter School. Taught weekly 2 hour sessions over 18 weeks.
Education
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2021.09 - 2025.06 Chicago, IL
BS Mathematics, BA Computer Science
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Software & ML
- Operating Systems
- Intro to Optimization
- Intro to Neural Networks
- Systems Programming
- Math for ML
- Scientific Visualization
- Markov Chains & Brownian Motion
- Linear Algebra
- Theory of Algorithms
Awards
- 2023.2024
Enrico Fermi Scholar in Physical Sciences
University of Chicago
Awarded to students in the top 5% of their program of study.
- 2022.2023
Robert Maynard Hutchins Scholar
University of Chicago
Awarded to students in the top 10% of the class in their first two years of study.
- 2021.2023
Deans List
University of Chicago
Awarded to 20% of degree-seeking students whose GPA averages are the highest for that academic year.
Publications
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2025.05.01
Skills
CS | |
HPC (Slurm, PBSNode) | |
Distributed Training | |
Machine Learning | |
Data Collection & Cleaning | |
Data Analysis & Visualization | |
Shell Scripting | |
Scientific Presentation & Writing | |
Python Programming | |
C Programming |
Languages
English | |
Native speaker |
Chinese | |
Fluent |
References
Jeremy Feinstein | |
Research data scientist and direct supervisor at EVS Argonne. |
Dr. Taran Gujral | |
Associate professor and PI at the Gujral Lab at Fred Hutch, working on systems biology and tackling rare cancers. |