Physics
Head shot of me in front of the Helium-3 station in the Manfra lab, where I worked and spent a lot of time taking measurements my senior year.
I was raised in the age of the internet, with clips and episodes of content about any topic within close reach. As such, I was exposed to a wide array of scientific topics in everything from biology to physics. What captured my attention was the world of the very small - the world of quantum mechanics. The laws that govern interactions at small scales are antithetical to our regular every-day experiences and have applications in everything from nanotechnology to engineering. I have been researching into quantum condensed matter, with my main interest being experimental quantum information and quantum computing.
Education
The institutions that I attended heavily influence the scientist and researcher I am today. Below is a brief summary of the places that are on my academic pedigree.
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
2021-present
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Program: Physics
A zoomed-in picture of Cleveland Tower at the Princeton University graduate college
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
2017-2021
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Program: Physics Honors
Thesis: Quantum and transport lifetimes in tunable InAs/InP two-dimensional electron gases with differently graded buffer layers (Advisor: Prof. Michael Manfra)
A picture of Purdue’s engineering fountain late at night
Christian Brothers College High School
Town and Country, Missouri, USA
2013-2017
Degree: High School Diploma
A picture of part of the arts wing of CBC early in the morning before jazz band
Current Research
I am currently working with Prof. Stephen Lyon with electrons on liquid helium.
Past Research Experiences
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Research with Prof. Michael Manfra (Purdue University)
From April of 2019 to May of 2021, I conducted research in experimental condensed matter with Prof. Michael Manfra. His lab investigates semiconductor devices made from stacks of different materials (called heterostructures) put under low temperatures in high magnetic fields. My contributions to the lab involved characterizing different materials to find properties of interest, such as effective mass, density, mobility, and quantum/transport lifetimes.
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Research with Purdue SPS (Purdue University)
From May of 2020 to May of 2021, I conducted research investigating the liquid rope coiling effect with the Society of Physics Students chapter at Purdue University. The liquid rope coiling effect describes the propensity of streams of viscous fluids to coil when falling onto a surface. In January of 2021, our chapter received a grant to do research investigating the effect of polymerization on the liquid rope coiling effect.
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Research with Prof. Francis Robicheaux (Purdue University)
From Janurary to May of 2018, I conducted research in computational atomic physics with Prof. Francis Robicheaux. During my time in his lab, I worked on methods of removing a magnetic field from a solenoid-shaped, anti-hydrogen trap while maintaining confinement of the particles.
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Research with Prof. Kater Murch (Washington University in Saint Louis)
From May to August of 2017, I conducted research in experimental atomic physics with Prof. Kater Murch. During my time in his lab, I worked on processing a perturbative signal to map the state of a qubit on the Bloch sphere in real time using analog electronics.
Pertinent Academic Accolades
Phi Beta Kappa Arts and Sciences Honors Society Inductee (Purdue University)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society Inductee (Purdue University)
College of Science Physics Student of the Year (awarded Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior year, Purdue University)