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Education

  • 2024-
    PhD Student in Physics
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  • 2024
    MPhil in Scientific Computing
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • 2023
    BA in Mathematics and Physics
    Pomona College, Claremont, CA

Research Experience

  • 09/2024-
    Graduate Researcher
    Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Spectral timing analysis of fast astrophysical outbursts
  • 2023-2024
    Postgraduate Researcher
    Centre for Scientific Computing, University of Cambridge
    • Fluid simulations of magnetic reconnection in plasmas
  • 2022 - 2024
    NSF REU Intern
    University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
    • Multiwavelength characterization of stellar flares
  • 2023 - 2024
    OSTEM Intern
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    • Neural network for stellar flare classification
  • 2020 - 2022
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Pomona College
    • Combinatorics of partially ordered sets
  • 2021
    CASSI Intern
    Carnegie Observatories
    • Spectroscopic analysis of Type Ia supernova host galaxies

Teaching and Mentoring

  • 2024-
    Mentor, MIT Physics Graduate Application Assistance Program
  • 2024-
    Mentor, MIT Womxn in Physics Mentorship Program
  • Spring 2022
    TA, Advanced Introductory Astronomy, Pomona College
  • Spring 2021
    TA, Galaxies and Cosmology, Pomona College
  • Spring 2021
    TA, Real Analysis I, Pomona College
  • Fall 2020
    TA, Honors Calculus II, Pomona College
  • Summer 2020, 2021
    TA, 1-2-1 Math Bridge Program

Leadership

  • 2022-2023
    Student Body President
    Pomona College
  • 2022-2023
    Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee
    Pomona College
  • 2021-2022
    Chair, Judicial Council
    Pomona College

Selected Honors

  • 2024-2029
    NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
  • 2024-2027
    MIT Dean of Science Fellowship
    • one of 20 incoming PhD students
  • 2023-2024
    Churchill Scholarship
    • one of 16 nationally
  • 2023
    Frank Parkhurst Brackett, Jr., and Davida Wark Brackett Prize, Pomona College
    • outstanding astronomy thesis
  • 2023
    Bruce Jay Levy Prize, Pomona College
    • outstanding senior in mathematics
  • 2023
    Senior Service Award, Pomona College
    • significant contributions to the College and its programs
  • 2019
    National Merit Scholarship

Recent Presentations

  • 07/2024
    NASA GSFC Exoplanet Seminar Series
  • 06/2024
    Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun
  • 05/2024
    University of Cambridge Centre for Scientific Computing Seminar
  • 01/2024
    University of Hawai'i Astro-ph Journal Club