Andrew is pursuing a PhD in biophysics at the University of California, Berkeley where he is an NSF Graduate Fellow. He focuses on using genomics to improve decision making. His work in the Brenner Lab revolves around achieving faster and more accurate diagnoses for individuals with rare genetic disorders. He currently explores methods to better identify and interpret structural variation in the genome. He has also researched how the accuracy of variant interpretation has changed over time in databases such as ClinVar and HGMD. In 2022, Andrew will begin an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology with Beth Shapiro and Marm Kilpatrick at UC Santa Cruz. He will focus on rapid adaptation in species faced with changing environments.
Andrew received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, where he studied physics. Outside lab, Andrew works with grassroots organizations to reduce the suffering caused by factory farms.
