Hello! I'm Sonam.

I am currently a Research Assistant at the Rutledge Lab, working on studying the decision making patterns of patients with parkinson's to better understand dopamine. I care about this work as such research can better our understanding of human decision making, and guide future research into medication for other neuro-degenerative diseases.

I have also worked as the lead outreach coordinatior for Yale Summer Session, an Undergraduate Learning Assistant for the FSY program under the statistics department, and as the lead commencement aide of Pauli Murray.

I am a senior at Yale University, majoring in Computer Science, Psychology, and Statistics and Data Science. During my college years, I've been honored with the F. Wilder Bellamy Jr. Memorial Prize and the Henry James TenEyck Prize, and will be serving as head first-year counselor from 2025-2026.

I am currently working on a horror top down strategy game! Sneak peek below:

I have also worked on:

• Gathering data by designing and conducting an experiment on real participants to study "Self Perception and Risky Decision-Making". Subsequent analysis was done by fitting 3 separate multi-parameter models to the gambling behavior data of participants when shown their own face compared to being shown other faces, allowing me to see effects on well known frameworks such as prospect theory and approach avoidance. The report can be found HERE

• Data visualization for speaker point inflation in American Parliamentary Debate. The shiny app that visually displays speaker scores for various tournaments from 2022-2025 can be found HERE
• Multiple outreach and marketing campaigns for Yale Summer Session. A personal favorite can be found HERE.
• This website! Made with pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

My resume can be found HERE

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The best way to reach me is through my work email:  sonam.wangchuk@yale.edu

I'm open to freelance work and more formal roles, and am also happy to answer any questions