University of California, Berkeley

• 2018-Present: Ph.D. Candidate in Statistics

Harvard University

• 2017-2018: A.M. in Statistics
• 2014-2018: A.B. in Physics and Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors

Stuyvesant High School

• 2010-2014: NYS Advanced Regents Diploma

• 2019: Hertz Foundation Fellowship - Semifinalist
• 2017: Harvard College Research Program - Summer Research Participant
• 2016: Harvard College Teaching Assistant - Derek Bok Award for Teaching Excellence
• 2016: Harvard College Term Honor - John Harvard Scholar (Top 5% of the class)
• 2015: Georgetown Physics REU - Participant and Recipient of NSF Grant
• 2014: Intel Science Talent Search - Semifinalist (National Top 200)
• 2014: National Merit Scholarship - Finalist and Recipient
• 2014: U.S. Physics Team - Gold Medalist and 2-time Semifinalist(National Top 60)
• 2013: Siemens Competition - Regional Finalist for Individual Research (National Top 30)

• Graduate Coursework: Optimization Models, Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics, Theoretical Statistics II, Statistical Models: Theory and Applications I, II, Teaching of Probability and Statistics

• Graduate Coursework: Probability Theory I, II, Statistical Inference I, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Philosophical Foundation of Statistics, Electromagnetic Interactions with Matter, Market Design
• Advanced Coursework: Machine Learning, Generalized Linear Models, Stochastic Processes, Game Theory, Probability, Quantum Mechanics I, II, Solid State Physics, Abstract Algebra, Differential Geometry, Linear Algebra and Real Analysis I, II, Vector Space Methods for Differential Equations

1. Lim, M. H., Yoshimura, B. T., & Freericks, J. K. (2016). Creating analogs of thermal distributions from diabatic excitations in ion-trap-based quantum simulation. New J. Phys. 18 043026. [pdf]
2. Exoo, G., Ismailescu, D., & Lim, M. (2014). On the Chromatic Number of R4. Discrete Comput. Geom. 52(2): 416. [pdf]

• 2019: Stat 135 - Concepts of Statistics, in Spring 2019 with Dr. Adam Lucas.

• 2017: Stat S-106 - Probability, Statistics and Calculus, in Summer 2017 with Prof. Joseph Blitzstein, Prof. Nina Zipser, Prof. Xiao-Li Meng.
• 2017: Physics 15b - Introduction to Electromagnetism and Statistical Physics, in Spring 2017 with Dr. David Morin (Grader).
• 2016: Stat 110 - Introduction to Probability, in Fall 2016 with Prof. Joseph Blitzstein.
• 2015: Math 23a - Linear Algebra and Real Analysis I, in Fall 2015 with Prof. Paul Bamberg.

• 2016-2018: Stochastic MCMC Simulation - Statistics Research Assistant, Advisor: Prof. Samuel Kou, Harvard University
• 2015: Computational Condensed Matter - Physics REU Participant, Advisor: Prof. James Freericks, Georgetown University
• 2015: Condensed Matter Physics - Physics Research Assistant, Advisor: Amir Yacoby, Harvard University
• 2012-2014: Geometric Graph Theory - Mathematics Research Assistant, Advisor: Geoffrey Exoo (Indiana University), Dan Ismailescu (Hofstra University)

• 2016: Quantitative Finance Research - Trading Intern, IMC Financial Markets