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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Full stack Data Scientist including data ETLs, data analysis and modeling, and dashboard development.

Developed and built a quantum sensor which accurately predicts magnetic field fluctuations in a quantum system using a Bayesian inference statistical estimator estimator informed by a time series of detected single photons.

Designed and instructed a lab course aimed at the retention of first generation college students in STEM.

Rochester, New York, United States

As a part of the plasma shock wave team, I ran shadow graph simulations using the ray tracing software FRED. Shadowgraphy utilizes phase contrast to determine how thick a medium is by sending x-rays incident to the target and measuring the phase accumulation of those x-rays at a detector on the other side. As the rays enter nearly parallel to the surface of the medium they can refract in such a way that most rays are refracted just beyond the edge leaving a dark ”shadow” along the inside edge of the material. Since the materials used in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) have such low absorption factors the process is mostly reliant on refraction and ray tracing can be used to simulate the results. Using the ray tracing software FRED. I was able to simulate the shadow graphs of a shock wave in propagating in a plasma. Results from my simulation were used to create parameters for a ramped-drive laser shot.

Geneseo, New York, United States

I instructed a lab section intended for non-physics majors. Responsibilities included a pre-lab lecture, making lab quizzes, guiding the students through the lab, and grading. The purpose of the lab was to provide students with hands on experience to aid in their understanding of Newtonian Mechanics, as well train them to analyze and interpret data.

Geneseo, New York, United States

Designed and engineered a Time-Resolved Tandem Faraday Cup to be used as a diagnostic tool for measuring the carbon emission cross-section of carbon-carbon plasmas. The cup counted the number of carbon ions accelerated by the process of target-normal sheath acceleration off a carbon plasma. I was involved in the calculations of optimizing the dimensions of the cup. Then designed and machined parts to hold two magnets in a dipole formation in order to suppress secondary electrons with in the cup. My research group and I experimented with these magnets and found that they suppressed secondary electrons within the cup effectively. The TRTF Cup was tested to become an active diagnostic at the University of Rochester’s Laser Laboratory for Laser Energetics in 2016.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physics

Quantitative theory and experiment on physical processes and systems. Thesis research in quantum sensing.

Master'S Degree, Physics

Bachelors, Physics