Biography

I was first introduced to the world of computer vision during my time in Estonia. There, I participated in a computer vision in space course at the University of Tartu, where I learned how to apply various image processing techniques to autonomous systems. I was immediately enthralled and became fascinated by computer vision and its full potential. After completing my bachelor’s degree in computer science at Salisbury University, I returned to Estonia to partake in a year-long intensive research project at the Tartu Observatory, where I studied feature detectors. During my PhD at Cambridge, I will work with the CEB group to implement similar systems in microscopes in order to make them smarter and more self-sufficient. This development will greatly improve the imaging process for infectious diseases. My research is motivated by family members in Haiti who were affected by the 2010 cholera outbreak and are now facing a malaria epidemic. I believe computer vision can accelerate diagnostics and drug discovery for infectious diseases in vulnerable countries in the Global South. Moreover, I look forward to joining my cohort of Gates Cambridge Scholars and contributing to a community dedicated to research with meaningful global impact.

Previous Education

Salisbury University Computer Science 2026
University of Tartu Robotics/Computer Engineering 2024