curriculum vitae

Research Scientist

• Developed novel neutron and γ-ray detectors for photofission diagnostics.
• Designed, and led experiments for novel nuclear reaction mechanisms.
• Implemented Bayesian analysis algorithms for debris diagnostics.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Developed sophisticated detector simulations using high-performance computing.
• Led students and interns performing β-decay and γ-ray measurements.
• Oversaw detector systems for precision β-decay measurements, including testing and calibration.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Designed charged-particle detector arrays for experiments searching for new isotopes.
• Mentored graduate students and taught undergraduate introductory physics.
• Developed analysis software for β-decay and γ-ray measurements.

Graduate Research Assistant

• Advisor — Lee Sobotka

Staff Scientist

• Advisor — Alexander Barnes

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• Advisor — Scott Wakely

Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry

• Advisor — Lee Sobotka
• Spin Alignment Generated in Inelastic Nuclear Reactions

B.A. in Physics with honors · B.S. in Mathematics

Instructor — Phys. 1410 Classical Mechanics

• First-semester physics lecture; 24 undergraduates.

Instructor — Phys. 1440 Electromagnetism

• Second-semester physics lecture; 10 undergraduates.

Teaching Assistant — Chem. 460 Radiochemistry

• Upper-level undergraduate and graduate laboratory.

Teaching Assistant — Chem. 151/152 General Chemistry Laboratory