Hi I'm MATTHEW CAO
I’m pursuing a B.A. in Molecular & Cell Biology (emphasis in molecular therapeutics) and a B.A. in Data Science (emphasis in computational methods in genomics and genetics) at UC Berkeley. 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 AlphaFold and ChimeraX, and data analysis with machine learning techniques to genomic datasets.
I founded Zien Tutoring, a service I started in my (highschool) senior year summer to help students apply to college. My application resources have reached over 1000 students across the local school district. In university, I continued to tutor to help students succeed in Berkeley's various weeder classes: Chem 1A, Physics 8A/8B, CS 61A/61B, and (organic chemistry) CHEM 3A/3B. Additional resources I created and organized has impacted over 1500 students. If you are interested, click on the email icon below, and add "Zien Tutoring" in the subject line.
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.