Hey friend, I'm Adriana, and I'm a graduate student at MIT! My research interests are modeling and simulation, scientific computing algorithms, and the geometric design and tunability of materials and their respective properties, most of which is published here. I completed my B.S. in computer science, with a minor in physics at the University of South Florida (May 2022), and am also a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2022). In undergrad, I was a full-ride merit scholar under the USF Director's Award and the Bright Futures Florida Academic Scholarship (2018-2022). Post Ph.D., I plan to pursue a career as a professor or research scientist, focused on the intersection of materials engineering for environmentally-conscious practices, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Outside of the lab (aka my computer), I enjoy hanging out with friends and doing these activities, like playing piano, lifting, and snuggling with my precious cat. I am also the creator of STEM Cells, a website created with the purpose of supporting undergraduate STEM students through graduate, research, and diversity-equity-inclusion (DEI) resources. As a 2021 alumna of the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP), I am a reviewer on the MSRP Application Review Committee.

I am and will continue to be an advocate for human rights social movements and environmental awareness. In an attempt to become an organic intellectual, I aim to unite my activism and intersectionally marginalized experiences with academia. Consequently, I have written a paper on how intersectional thinking and a paradigm shift in the collective consciousness is required to work towards the end of oppressive structures that are ideologically racist, ableist, patriarchal, capitalist, etc.

If you like what I research and what I stand for, let's be friends!