Hello! I'm a Physics Ph.D. Student at The Ohio State University! I'm working on particle-in-cell simulations and applying machine learning methods to optimize laser-induced ion acceleration in Dr. Christopher Orban's HEDP Group.

Timeline

• 2025-2026
  Will graduate from OSU with Ph.D. in Physics
• Jun 2023
  Attended LaserNetUS Conference at The University of Maryland
  Presented on applying machine learning methods to laser acceleration of protons
• Mar 2023
  Passed Candidacy Examination
  Presented on the Physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion at the National Ignition Facility
• May 2022
  Erdos Institute Data Science Bootcamp
  Analyzed a dataset from Kaggle and built a classification model that takes a list of ingredients and predicts 1 of 20 cuisine types.
• Aug 2020
  Moved to Columbus to start Physics Ph.D. at OSU
  Accepted with a 1 year University Fellowship
• Apr 2020
  Finished two semesters of the SULI program at Brookhaven National Laboratory
  Worked on studying the efficiency of the Variational Quantum Eigensolver algorithm on a quantum computer and studying a quasi-periodic weakly interacting system of cold bosons in one dimension.
• May 2019
  Graduated from Rowan University
  B.S. Physics, B.A. Mathematics, Computer Science Minor, Bantivoglio Honors Concentration
• Aug 2018
  Completed the Physics REU at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Studied mechanical properties of graphene nanoribbons using the molecular dynamics code: LAMMPS
• Jan 2018
  Went to my first conference: Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, CA!
  Presented on my research on error-correcting codes for interactive communication