Part programmer, occasional designer and cellist, I live in the suburbs of Maryland. I work at the NCBI at NIH, and pass the rest of the time reading, rooting for the Red Sox, and riding my bike (if it’s a perfect day).

I work in the Usability group at the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. What do I do? Well, I mainly do web programming using standards based HTML/CSS/Javascript, working in a system of OO XML/XSLT.  Want an example?  Ok, try PubMed. I’ve previously worked in C++, Perl, and Ruby. I am fascinated by both graphic design and typography. I’m a bookworm, and read all the books on these subjects that I can get my hands on. I am also a programming language geek… I play with Scheme, Eiffel, Lisp, and any other language that I think I can learn from.

I’ve played the cello since fourth grade, and am principal cellist of the Columbia Orchestra. I love music (of almost all genres) and enjoy to listen/play/read about music history. My favorite cellist has always been Mstislav Rostropovich, and I am especially fond of 20th–century Russian composers like Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Miaskovsky. I used to be a member of the University of Maryland and Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestras. I still maintain the website of the latter.

I’m an avid Red Sox fan who grew up watching them during summers spent at my grandparents house. I’m told the only thing I say during games is “Come on Man-ny!”

My basement is filled with a fleet of 8 bicycles (currently), 4 fixed gears, 3 road, and one old mountain. I love riding, and go whenever I can, rain or shine, in the hot or extreme cold.