Seven years ago, I studied cancer, as in crabs. Now, as a cancer immunologist, I am building interpretable virtual tumor models to simulate tumor-immune microenvironment remodeling in pancreatic cancer during chemo-immunotherapy! What do these two “cancers” have in common? Both live in complex environments and continually adapt their behavior to maximize survival. Taking an ecological lens to cancer allows us to view a tumor not simply as a collection of malignant cells, but as a dynamic ecosystem in which cancer cells, immune cells, stromal cells, and therapies interact and reshape one another over time. By combining spatial patient data with mechanistic computational modeling, I hope to uncover why some tumors respond to treatment while others resist. I have an interdisciplinary research foundation spanning genetics, molecular biology, immunology, informatics, and quantitative modeling, with experience in both computational and wet-lab approaches. Outside of research, my main hobbies are SCUBA diving, downhill skiing, and backpacking!