About
Born in Messina, Italy, from Iranian parents. Moved to Tokyo in 2017 shortly after graduating high school and enrolled in Tokyo University of Science.
I'm conducting my research on Aneuploidy at the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Hospital in Ariake, where I spend most of my days writing R scripts and processing multi-omics data from cancer biopsies.
I speak Italian, English and Japanese at a native level, and can also put together enough Farsi, Spanish and German for some conversations.
I generally spend my free time cooking, café-hopping and walking through Tokyo, watching Formula 1, sim-racing at home, or simply hunting monsters.
Experience
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2026 to now
Master's researcher at Tokyo University of Science
Pan-cancer analysis of whole-genome doubling. Built a copy-number deviation score across 23 TCGA cancer types and tested it against gene expression programs. Also working with single-cell RNA-seq to separate tumour from normal cells.
- R
- Python
- TCGA
- edgeR
- ComplexHeatmap
- Scanpy
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2025 to now
English tutor at Home Lingual
One-to-one lessons for young children, with monthly progress reports to parents in Japanese. Also teaching an adult student online.
- Teaching
- English
- Japanese
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University mentor at Tokyo University of Science
Supporting international students through their first year, and organising activities for the campus English lounge.
- Mentoring
- Events
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2019–2023
Literary translator freelance
Seven books translated from Japanese into English.
- Translation
- JA to EN
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Entrance exam coach
Coached three students for university entrance exams. All three were accepted.
- Coaching
Projects
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Research
Ploidy Loss is advantageous in cancer cells that underwent Whole Genome Doubling
MSc at the Experimental Pathology Lab, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR)
Where doubling happens across TCGA tumours, how far genomes drift from the tetraploid baseline afterwards, and what that does to expression.
- R
- TCGA
- Statistics
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App
LvlUP AI-supported Gym Log
An iOS gym log that turns my training notes into structured data and tracks progress per muscle group. Coming soon to the App Store.
- iOS
- Python
- AI
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App
MercuryMail
Instant Gmail push notifications for macOS. A free, open-source menu bar app for people who keep using Gmail in Mail.app.
- Swift
- IMAP
- macOS
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Extension
Algone Algorithms Begone
A Safari extension for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Coming soon to the App Store.
- Safari
- iOS
- macOS