Ryan Murphy Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Legislative Fellow in the office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04)-Performed the duties of a Legislative Assistant in the office of a member of the House Appropriations Committee-Responsible for legislative portfolio including Science, Space, Education Climate Change, Oversight, Judiciary, Taxes, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Gun Violence, and Ethics issuesAssisted with the appropriations process, managed requests and staffed the Congresswoman in committee markup for the… Show more Legislative Fellow in the office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04)-Performed the duties of a Legislative Assistant in the office of a member of the House Appropriations Committee-Responsible for legislative portfolio including Science, Space, Education Climate Change, Oversight, Judiciary, Taxes, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Gun Violence, and Ethics issuesAssisted with the appropriations process, managed requests and staffed the Congresswoman in committee markup for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill-Developed legislation, drafted speeches, wrote talking points and constituent correspondence-Represented the Congresswoman in meetings with constituents and outside group Show less

-Analyzed data from the SuperTIGER balloon-borne Cosmic Ray experiment, which also formed the basis of my Ph.D. research-Trained and supervised graduate and undergraduate students-Wrote a first-author scientific paper published in The Astrophysical Journal

-Developed astrophysics data analysis procedures using C++/ROOT programming language-Worked in high-stress environments where teamwork and communication are essential, including two three-month deployments to Antarctica-Gave public science lectures at McMurdo Station and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica-Collaborated with scientists at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of… Show more -Developed astrophysics data analysis procedures using C++/ROOT programming language-Worked in high-stress environments where teamwork and communication are essential, including two three-month deployments to Antarctica-Gave public science lectures at McMurdo Station and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica-Collaborated with scientists at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Minnesota-Managed outreach and social media for the SuperTIGER collaboration-Led the Physics Department Peer Mentoring committee -Teaching Assistant for two semesters Show less

Phd, Physics

Research in Experimental Cosmic Ray Astrophysics on the Super TIGER project.

A.M., Physics

Ba, Physics, International Studies

Activities and Societies: NU Speech Team, Hong Kong Students Association, College Democrats, Society of Physics Students, Illinois.