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Devens, Massachusetts, United States

As a physicist at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, I work on simulations of fast ion transport in the SPARC tokamak, with eventual applicability to ARC. My work is used to inform diagnostic design and experimental planning.

Princeton, Nj

As a graduate student in the PhD program in plasma physics at Princeton, I carried out my thesis research, designing, constructing, and implementing a fast ion loss detector on the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator while also performing simulations of expected losses. I was also the President of the Princeton Women in Plasma Physics and performed outreach work for PPPL's science education department, encouraging women and underrepresented minorities to get involved in physics.My past work at Princeton included a first year, experimental research project on the upgraded Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX-β) and a second year research project on computational optimization of stellarator equilibria for fast ion confinement.

Greifswald Area, Germany

I worked in the Edge and Divertor Physics group on the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. My duties included writing scripts for analysis of diagnostic data and analyzing data from spectroscopic cameras in support of new hardware called scraper elements.As a Fulbright Scholar, I also improved my knowledge of the culture and language of Germany, involved myself in the local culture, and improved mutual understanding between Germany and the United States.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

During two school years and my final summer following graduation, I served as a research assistant in the Department of Physics and Astronomy for Dr. Jerry Busenitz on a dark matter physics collaboration.I also worked with Dr. Andreas Piepke within the same department during Summer 2017, porting a program for fitting gamma spectra from FORTRAN into C++.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

I was a Learning Assistant for Physics I with Calculus, taught by Dr. Adam Hauser in Spring 2016 and by Dr. Paulo Araujo in Fall 2016, and Physics II with Calculus, taught by Dr. Patrick Toale in Fall 2015 and Spring 2017.As a member of the university's APEX scholar add-on program, I also visited the AP Physics class at Central High School once or twice a week throughout Spring 2017 to assist with student learning.

Greater San Diego Area

I was a participant in the Department of Energy's SULI program (Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship), doing research with Dr. John Lohr in the ECRH (Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating) group at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility.I presented a poster of my results during the student session at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Department of Plasma Physics in San Jose, as well as at the 2017 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Rice University in Houston. At the latter conference, it was awarded a prize for being among the top three student posters (within those three, no rankings were given).

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

I completed an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) through LSU's Department of Physics and Astronomy, working under Dr. Jeffrey Blackmon in the experimental nuclear astrophysics group.I presented a poster based on my research at the CEU (Conference Experience for Undergraduates) poster session during the Fall 2015 meeting of the APS Department of Nuclear Physics, as well as during the student poster session at the 2016 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Georgia Tech.

Columbus, Ohio Area

I completed an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) through OSU's Center for Emergent Materials, working under Dr. David McComb at the Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Plasma Physics

Master Of Arts - Ma, Plasma Physics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Physics And Mathematics, 4.0/4.0

Activities and Societies: The Mallet AssemblyMinors in German and Russian