CV

A PDF version of my CV is available here.

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, Columbia University, 2018
M.A. in Physics, Columbia University, 2013
B.S. in Physics (Minor in Mathematics, cum laude), University of Vermont, 2011

01/2024 – Present: CHESS Scientist (Research Associate)
- Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education (CLASSE), Ithaca, NY
- Building a digital twin of CHESS beamlines
- Developed a time-resolved X-ray polarization monitor
- Developed a home-built large-area avalanche photodiode
- Developed time-resolved scattering at beamline 4b
12/2021 – 12/2023: Postdoctoral Appointee for Dr. Jinghua Guo
- RIXS Group, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA
- Integrated time-resolved electrochemical techniques with time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy instrumentation
- Studied scaling on gas diffusion electrodes for electrochemical H₂O₂ generation
03/2019 – 11/2021: Postdoctoral Appointee for Dr. Xiaoyi Zhang
- Time Resolved Research Group, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab, Chicago, IL
- Research and development of time-resolved laser pump X-ray spectroscopy instrumentation, with emphasis on data acquisition methods and X-ray detector development
01/2017 – 10/2018: Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Matthew Sfeir
- Center for Functional Nano Materials, Brookhaven National Lab and Columbia University, New York, NY
- Characterized nanoscale electronic processes using time-resolved optical techniques (transient absorption, photoluminescence)
- Ultrafast optics instrumentation; structural analysis of films using grazing incidence X-ray scattering at NSLS-II

Building a microfluidic electrochemical cell for time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy — in collaboration with Prof. Sarah Perry (UMass Amherst), Aug 2025 – Present
Understanding insulator-to-metal phase transitions using time-resolved X-ray scattering — in collaboration with Prof. Ankit Disa and Prof. Andrej Singer (Cornell University), May 2025 – Present
De-mixing time-resolved spectroscopy using neural networks — Project Supervisor for the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Cornell AI-MI, May 2026 – Present

X-Ray Synchrotron: Time-resolved X-ray scattering and spectroscopy instrumentation, data acquisition, analysis, and beamline user support; time-resolved optical spectroscopy (transient absorption, time-resolved photoluminescence); in-situ pair distribution function techniques; single-element detector design and engineering
Programming: Python, PyTorch, MATLAB, Slurm, Parallel GNU
Detector Engineering: Analog RF circuit board design, Cadence PSPICE circuit simulations, transimpedance amplifier design