Major: Optical Sciences
PhD Candidate
I am currently working on an optical truss interferometer (OTI) for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) with members of the LASSO team in collaboration with the LISA telescope team at the University of Florida. My work is based in Gainesville, FL where the LISA telescope ground testing campaigns are held at UF. I enjoy freestyle riding on both skateboards and bicycles in my free time when I’m not playing with lasers in the lab. I love to learn new things and make cool stuff happen. Cheers!
Education:
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B.S., University of Nevada, Physics Major & Mathematics Minor, 2019
Employment:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant – under Jonathan Weinstein Department of Physics, University of Nevada Reno, 2018-2019
Honors & Awards:
- Willis E. Lamb Jr. Graduate Student Endowed Scholarship in Optical Sciences
- UNR Vernon Frazier Scholarship
- Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program
Specific Research Interests:
- Laser Physics and Interferometry
- Optomechanical Engineering
- Gravitational Wave Detection
- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- Physics Education Research