I am currently a postdoctoral researcher working at the University of Southern California. There I am advised by Prof. Julia Schwartzmann.

But I have not always lived near Los Angeles, CA. I earned my PhD in Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology under Prof. Peter Yunker and Prof. William Ratcliff .

I grew up in Haddam, Connecticut and I attended Lafayette College (in Easton, PA) for my undergraduate degree in physics.

While at Lafayette College, I competed in Track & Field and Cross Country and I learned to fall in love with distance running. While my mileage has decreased significantly since I've gone to Georgia Tech, I have still found some time to train for and run the New York City marathon. Most recently, I have done a serious amount of cycling, and I competed in my first criterium race in April 2022.

In my free time I also like to play music. I started on the guitar but I have since acquired a bass, banjo, and some harmonicas.

Posing with my teammates after a big win.

Hiking in the Catskill mountains.

Trying (and failing) to demonstrate this chicken's oculo-vestibular reflex, which is how the chicken's head stays still even if you move it's body around ( see here ).