I spent the first few years of graduate school developing and fabricating optical elements for an achromatic full Stokes imaging polarimeter. This ignited my passion for polarization in optical design and led me to join the College of Optical Science’s polarization lab at the University of Arizona. There, I modeled the effects of polarization aberrations on system contrast and throughput in high contrast, spaced based telescopes and coronagraph systems (specifically WFIRST, HabEx, and LUVOIR) via polarization ray tracing and analysis. This culminated in my dissertation, Polarization Aberrations in Coronagraphs, under Dr. Russell Chipman.With my dissertation research, previous job as an electrical engineer at Raytheon, and current job as an optical engineer at Airy Optics combined, I am experienced in:-Liquid crystal retarder and polarizer fabrication-Optical system design and analysis in Zemax and CodeV-Polarization ray tracing and analysis in Polaris-M-Jones, Mueller, and Polarization Ray Tracing Calculus-Data analysis using Matlab, Python, IDL, and Mathematica-Azure DevOps and Git-Agile/ScrumWhen I’m not at work, I enjoy playing disc golf (gotta be early mornings to avoid the desert heat!), finding new board games to try, and initiating my friends into Magic: the Gathering.I am always open to learning more about the optical sciences, especially new innovations in polarization system fabrication and analysis.