I build the bridge between wet-lab biology and AI-driven tooling — turning viral immunology questions into pipelines, evidence, and a clear next step.
My work spans virology, innate immunity and lentiviral vectors — and the automated pipelines and AI-assisted workflows that cut the distance between an experiment and an answer.
Where the evidence actually comes from.
Turning that evidence into something reproducible.
Where I'm actively putting my time.
Positioning as an AI engineer — leveraging AI tooling and modern software architecture against problems that used to need a whole team and a month.
Small teams, short timelines, and tools that move a real scientific workflow forward.
With Cleaver Barnes and Ilya Gorenburg, I built an AI copilot for plasmid engineering at the Agents, Everywhere hackathon. A scientist describes the edit; the agent coordinates sequence operations, biology checks, and SnapGene-ready output — turning intent into a traceable design workflow.
Modulari-T Bioscience, a YC-backed biotech. Automated R and Python pipelines for experimental data, QC and reporting.
University of Alberta — lentiviral vector production and titration, plus training students in analysis, blotting and lab safety.
Concordia University of Edmonton — BES 107, Introduction to Cell Biology laboratory.
University of Alberta — duck immunology against avian influenza (H6N2), ISG expression, protein–protein interactions. MSc in Biology, 2024.
Innova Diagnostic Clinic — high-volume SARS-CoV-2 detection by rRT-PCR under BSL-2 and BSL-3 conditions.
Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics — plant DNA/RNA extraction, TOPO cloning, Sanger sequencing. BSc, National University of Uzbekistan, 2019.
How duck RIG-I is activated by the E3 ubiquitin ligase RIPLET in chicken cells to trigger antiviral immune responses — and how influenza A NS1 proteins get in the way.
The best pipeline is the one that makes the science easier to see.
Two continents, one very long flight, and a growing list of places that each felt like home — two of which still do.
Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
A quiet city near the Amu Darya, on the edge of the desert. Karakalpak was the first language I had, and it's still the one that means home.
Uzbekistan
Where I actually grew up, and where science started — a biology degree at the National University of Uzbekistan and my first real bench, extracting DNA from plants.
Uzbekistan → Alberta, 6,000 miles
One very long flight, two suitcases, and a country I'd only ever seen in pictures. Everything after this — the master's, the lab, the work I do now — starts here.
Alberta
The first Canadian chapter, and the longest. A master's degree and four winters — starting on influenza A, then moving into duck immunology, which is where I stayed. Alberta was home, and it's still a warm place to go back to.
Ontario
First move east. Bigger, louder, and a completely different idea of what a city can be.
Québec
Joined Modulari-T, a YC-backed biotech, and started building pipelines instead of only running assays. A new chapter, in a city that argues in three languages.
The Montreal AI & ML meetup is where a lot of what I know now actually came from — a table of people arguing about models over coffee beats reading papers alone.
One AI Tinkerers event so far. More to come.
Ontario and Québec — both, still
"Back again" isn't quite right, because I never really left Montréal. These days I'm between the two — Toronto for most of it, Montréal often enough that it still feels like mine. Two skylines, different person: this time with a thesis behind me and a much clearer idea of what I want to build next.
Outside the lab I'm pretty easy to find — and even easier to talk to.
I'm social, fairly easy-going, and genuinely happy to talk about almost anything: your work, my work, or something neither of us knows the first thing about yet. If you want to start a conversation, you don't need a reason.
Usually on a court. Nothing serious and nothing competitive — just casual games, indoors through the winter and on the sand the moment it's warm enough. It's the one thing I've never had to talk myself into going to.
Whenever I can get out — though after four years in Alberta my standards are unreasonably high. It doesn't have to be a mountain. I just like being somewhere with no ceiling.
There's a piano I haven't touched in far too long, and I feel a little guilty every time I walk past it. I'm going to get back to it. I promise.
Left 4 Dead and eFootball, for when I want to switch my brain off completely. I'll admit I take losing much too personally — I get loud, I need a minute. Then I queue up again. Still my favourite way to end a day.
For research, systems, and exciting problems. LinkedIn is the fastest way to reach me.