2025 — Present
Ph.D. in Physics
University of Tennessee
Advisor: Tova Holmes
CV
A condensed version is below.
Education
2021 — 2025
B.S. in Physics
University of Oregon
Senior thesis on background characterization for a search for long-lived, massive particles. Graduated with honors.
Experience
2026 — present
Graduate Research Assistant
MAIA / Muon Collider Collaboration
Develop reconstruction strategies for the MAIA detector concept; studed electromagnetic shower development for photon tagging.
2023-2025
Undergraduate Research Assistant
JeantyGroup - University of Oregon
Devloped understanding of combinatorial fake background for dE/dx and disappearing track signature search in addition to selections meant to surpress background.
2024
SULI Intern
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Worked on highly boosted jet tagging for a SH->bbyy analysis.
Teaching
2025-2026
Teaching Assistant — Electromagnetism For Engineers
University of Tennessee
Skills
Languages
Julia · Python · C++ · Bash · Mojo (learning)
HEP software
ROOT · DD4hep · iLCSoft · PandoraPFA · LCIO · Marlin
Tools
Git · Linux · Singularity/Apptainer · Spack · HTCondor