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Developed a new computational approach to reduce equilibration time in Monte Carlo simulations for proteins under deformation forces inside a cell, resulting in a ~80% reduction in equilibration time.Programmed configurational bias Monte Carlo simulations in C++ to extract statistics for stretching charged materials such as DNA in an electric.

Adopted an inquiry-based learning strategy to instruct a classroom of 24 students in classical mechanics experiments over 4 semesters, leading to an increase in teaching rating by 40%.Designed problems, conducted tutorial class, and graded for graduate courses in classical mechanics and quantum mechanics.Mentored K12 STEM teachers in the STEP UP program to.

Mentor and visiting researcher in the active cytoskeleton focus group at the NSF Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) involved in the modeling of molecular events leading to memory formation.Trained an undergraduate to perform coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes using OpenMM (Python API). The.

Doctor Of Philosophy, Physics

Integrated Master, Physics

Bachelor Of Science, Physical Sciences