Samuel Solomon

Education
California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) May 2025
  • Candidate for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medical Engineering
  • GPA: 4.1 (Weighted on a 4.0 Scale); National Science Foundation Research Fellow and Hertz Fellowship Finalist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) May 2020
  • Bachelor of Science in Chemistry-Biology and Physics; Minor in Nuclear Engineering and Computer Science
  • Certificate in Living Machines; Undergraduate Teaching Award in Mathematics; Department of Chemistry Research Award
  • GPA: 4.9 (Weighted on a 5.0 Scale); Phi Beta Kappa Scholar
Research Experience
Gao Lab: Human-Computer Interaction Researcher Assistant (Pasadena, CA) September 2020 – Present
  • Monitoring a user’s stress through physical sensors [EOG, PPG, GSR] for optimal stress reduction through virtual simulations.
  • Developing a wearable sweat sensor [cortisol, dopamine, noradrenaline] to assess the mental health of astronauts in space.
  • Writing a machine learning algorithm that analyzes multimodal data [PPG, lactate, glucose, uric acid] to predict a user’s stress.
Amazon: Software Engineer Intern (Remote) June 2022 – September 2022
  • Designed and developed a survey editor website to provide real-time modifications to the Amazon Style survey questions.
  • Modified the backend pricing information as list or was price on the Amazon Style website, fixing a legal requirement.
  • Redesigned the product info card front-end for customers to easily recognize savings.
Google: Software Engineer Intern (Remote) January 2022 – April 2022
  • Wrote a public API that allows developers to simulate different device configurations on new foldable phones.
  • Found and solved a bug in the Android platform that prevented users from accessing folding features due to a race condition.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Computational Genetics Research Assistant (Remote) May 2020 – December 2020
  • Compared gene-wise mutations in Klebsiella during spaceflight using the whole genome sequence in python.
  • Computationally modeled the contamination routes of bacteria (Bacillus, Klebsiella) onboard the ISS for planetary protection.
  • Published in the American Society for Microbiology journal for a computational genetics’ analysis of ISS exposed Klebsiella.
Hen Lab: MMIT Computational Nuclear Physics Researcher (Cambridge, MA) February 2019 – May 2020
  • Simulated C++ quasielastic scattering events to probe for signatures of a previously unobserved 30 MeV force-carrying boson.
  • Optimized a photomultiplier tube to record the energy deposited in a scintillator bar when hit by a laser or neutron.
  • Awarded $500 to present at the American Physical Society’s Department of Nuclear Physics’ CEU conference in October 2019.
NASA Ames Research Center: Summer Research Assistant (Mountain View, CA) June 2019 – August 2019
  • Chemically modified gold nanoparticles to kill off bacteria when hit by cosmic radiation to sterilize water in cislunar space.
  • Created 3D models of novel cell organoids in SolidWorks which were exposed to radiation at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
  • Accepted to present my work at the International Conference on Environmental Systems in Lisbon, Portugal in July 2020.
New Engineering Education Transformation: MIT Biomedical Researcher (Cambridge, MA) September 2017 – May 2019
  • Simulated and built a quad-cultured gut on a chip of the human intestine to replace unreliable/unethical animal models.
  • Evaluated villi-like structure formation + MUC2 expression. Quantified diffusion of lucifer yellow through membrane channels.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Nuclear Engineering Science Laboratory Synthesis Intern (Oak Ridge, TN) June 2018 – August 2018
  • Isolated and scaled up a deuterated CSI1 protein for biofuel synthesis and determined its structure via neutron scattering.
  • Performed cavity diagnostics on a linear particle accelerator in semi-real time for neutron scattering structure determination.
Plasma Science and Fusion Center: MIT Nuclear Researcher (Cambridge, MA) January 2017 – February 2018
  • Simulated proton beam radiotherapy by modeling the particles’ trajectories in a superconducting cyclotrons’ magnetic field.
Langer Lab: MIT Chemistry Researcher (Cambridge, MA) September 2016 – February 2017
  • Created a gut homing drug delivery system that can pass through the tight junctions in the epithelial cell membrane.
  • Optimized encapsulation of macromolecule drugs and adjuvants (CpG and Poly(I:C)) using chitosan particles.
National Institutes of Health: Biology Research Assistant (Bethesda, MD) May – August (2016, 2017)
  • Awarded an honorable mention at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences’ conference (presented 2 posters)
  • Published in the Biotechnology Journal for developing a novel high throughput acetylcholinesterase inhibitor detection assay.
  • Optimized spheroid forming HepG2 cells for a 3D high throughput albumin detection assay.
Leadership and Clubs
Leadership Positions Entrepreneurial Ventures: Community Outreach: Athletic Achievements:
Technical Skills
Software Python, Kotlin, Java, Javascript, CSS, HTML, C++, GitHub, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Matlab, IntelliJ, and Android Studio
Practical Machine Learning, Wearable Devices/Sensors, Full Stack Development, CAD Modeling, and Entrepreneurship