2020: Research on accelerating variational quantum eigensolver calculations with quantum natural gradients, published in Xanadu’s Pennylane blog
2020: Research assistant, Bank of Canada’s Quantum Lab for Advanced Analytics 2021 and 2022: Computational biology and clinical operations at Cellular Longevity, dba Loyal
2022: Organ on a chip microfluidics research at Wrana Lab, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute
2023 and 2024: Optoelectronic tweezers and digital microfluidics, research at Wheeler Lab, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
2023: Venture fellow at age1, a longevity biotech venture capital firm

My ultimate goal as a member of the Masason Foundation is to improve our understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of human health. I’m interested in tissue engineering, biophysics, and aging biology. Currently, I’m exploring crossovers of engineering and physics with biology. I’m curious about how we can build better mechanistic models to understand and engineer biology, and where automation can be applied to lower costs and accelerate scientific progress. Beyond the fundamental sciences, I care about translational health outcomes. Personal website: https://maggiezli.com/.