About
Hi, I’m Daniel.
Biochemistry PhD student at Baylor University in the Korendovych Lab. Chemist by training, programmer by habit.
I am a first-year biochemistry PhD student at Baylor University, working in the Korendovych Lab. My main focus is building computational pipelines and software for expanding our understanding of amyloids.
AIxBio is in a very fascinating state of development right now. New discoveries and fascinating ideas are being revealed and worked on every single day, all while we are at infancy of this phenomenon. Ultimately, it is my desire to utilize these tools to bring about an age of discoveries to whatever domain I find myself in.
A lot of the software I have written within the lab exists to, automate a repetitive tasks, like data analysis, and to enable more efficient workflows. Outside the lab I enjoy writing parsers, learning about compilers, and writing code in Gleam and C++.
The path
- Aug 2026 – Present
Baylor University
PhD student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor Dr. Ivan Korendovych (Korendovych Lab).
- Sep 2025 – Jul 2026
Baylor University
Research Lab Technician, Korendovych Lab
Machine learning applications in amyloidogenic systems
- Oct 2024 – Dec 2024
Albion College
Undergraduate researcher, Dr. Kevin Metz
Electro-oxidation of hydroxymethylfurfural via NiOOH catalyst
- Jan 2024 – Apr 2024
Genomics Education Partnership
Undergraduate researcher, Dr. Ken Saville
Gene annotation of D. willistoni F Muller element
- Nov 2022 – May 2025
Albion College
Undergraduate researcher, Dr. Clifford E. Harris
Enantioselective synthesis of beta-amino-alcohols
- Aug 2021 – May 2025
Albion College
B.A., Biochemistry, Biology minor
Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry with a minor in Biology.
Skills
Computational
- Python
- Rust
- C++
- TypeScript
- Gleam
- Haskell
- PowerShell
- Linux
- Keras
- TensorFlow
- PyTorch
- RDKit
- SciPy
- DeepChem
- Git and GitHub
Laboratory
- UV-Vis spectroscopy
- Fluorescence microscopy
- 2D-NMR and H-NMR
- HPLC
- GC-MS
- Solid-phase peptide synthesis