Curriculum Vitae mzc[at]berkeley.edu

I’m a UC Berkeley graduate (B.A. Molecular & Cell Biology - Molecular Therapeutics; B.A. Data Science - Computational Methods in Genomics and Genetics), and I aim to bridge the gap between biology and data science, so I can explore the intricacies of life sciences through both experimental and data-driven lenses. My experiences encompass wet lab research, computational biology tools like SpliceAI, AlphaFold and ChimeraX, and data analysis with machine learning techniques to work with genomic datasets.

I founded Zien Tutoring, a service that was started to help students apply to college with my application resources having reached over 1000 students across local Bay Area school districts. In university, I continued to tutor to help students succeed in Berkeley's various weeder classes from organic chemistry to computer science. Additional resource accessibility tools and educational initiatives I created and organized have impacted over 1500 Berkeley students.

Web development is a big part of my life as both a coding and art medium I have enjoyed since middle school. I am web designer and webmaster of my public health club Junior Care Clinic and was for my old acapella group Drawn to Scale A Cappella.

Those aside, I love music (playing guitar, singing, and beatboxing), reading, playing video games with my friends (with my favorite being League of Legends), cats , and baking brownies.

If any of this resonates with you, feel free to reach out! I’m always open to connecting with like-minded individuals, whether it’s for collaboration, mentorship, or just a friendly chat about science, tutoring, web development, or anything else.