Sasha Ames is a PhD candidate in Computer Science advised by Professor Carlos Maltzahn. He pursues his graduate studies while working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Maya Gokhale, through the Lawrence Scholar Program. His research focus is on file system metadata services using a graph data model and query language interface. Prior to his graduate studies, he earned a B.A. in Computer Science at Columbia University and spent several years working in industry.