At Octave Photonics I'm working to develop ready-to-use nanophotonic devices and electro-optic frequency combs. Currently, I'm focusing on a NASA-funded project to develop supercontinuum generation sources to calibrate astronomical spectrographs to discover planets orbiting around distant stars. Learn more about nanophotonic devices at www.octavephotonics.com.At KMLabs, I was the lead scientist for the eXtreme Ultraviolet Ultrafast Source (XUUS) product, a unique source of femtosecond pulses of extreme ultraviolet light. Additionally, I co-developed the KMLabs Hyperion VUV product, the first commercial source of tunable femtosecond pulses in the vacuum-UV range.During my postdoc at NIST, I worked with Scott Diddams and Scott Papp to investigate nanophotonic waveguides for supercontinuum generation. I also helped to develop the first ultrafast and ultrastable laser frequency comb based on electro-optic modulation. During my PhD at the University of Colorado, I worked in the lab of Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane using femtosecond lasers to study how atoms, molecules, and nanoparticles respond to strong (~10^14 W/cm2) laser fields. Using the high-harmonic generation process, we generated circularly polarized extreme ultraviolet light.At the University of Cambridge, working with Dr. Jacquiline Cole, my masters research tested new methods to merge quantum-mechanical calculations with high-resolution X-ray diffraction. During my undergraduate degree at Pomona College, I worked in the lab of Dr. Daniel O'Leary using NMR spectroscopy to investigate the dynamics of hydrogen bonds and olefin metathesis catalysts.When I'm not in the lab, I enjoy rock climbing, mountain biking, skiing, hiking, backpacking, and making blueberry muffins.