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PhD

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

• Physics
• Advisor - Nicolas Yunes
• Thesis - ``Tests of Fundamental Physics with Gravitational Waves; Theory and Application''
  • Utilized gravitational wave data to infer information about fundamental physics, focused on the fundamental nature of the gravitational interaction.

M.Sc.

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

• Physics

B.S.

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• Physics, minors in Mathematics and Astrophysics

Postdoctoral Researcher

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA

• Explored possible explanations of dark matter, specifically focused on primordial black holes.

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign IL

• Taught Senior Physics Laboratory (Undergraduate) and General Relativity I (Graduate)

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Montana State University, Bozeman MT

• Taught Calculus-based Classical Mechanics (Undergraduate), Modern Physics (Undergraduate) and Solar System Astronomy (Undergraduate)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Texas A&M University, College Station TX

• CAPS Graduate Fellowship (CAPS)
• Scott Anderson Award (UIUC)

• Graduate Research Fellowship (UIUC)

• Graduate Meritorious Award (MSU)
• Faculty's Student Achievement Award (TAMU)
• Randall C. Shepard Award in Astrophysics (TAMU)

• President's Endowed Scholarship (TAMU)
• Rose Lafferty Scholarship (St. Andrew's Episcopal Church)
• National Merit Finalist (TAMU)
• Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)