CV
This page gives a concise view of my current appointments, training, selected talks, funding, teaching, mentoring, and service. For the full record, use the PDF.
Full CV
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Current role
NP3M Fellow based at Michigan State University / FRIB with collaborating appointments at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Current project: development and application of statistical methods for r-process studies and DFT-based nuclear data.
Working with Rebecca Surman, Witold Nazarewicz, and Andrew W. Steiner.
Education
- Ph.D. in computational nuclear astrophysics
Thesis: Development of statistical tools for studies of the rapid neutron capture process. Awarded the 2023–24 CAP DNP PhD Thesis Prize.
- M.Sc. in experimental nuclear physics
Thesis: Decay spectroscopy of neutron-rich 129Cd with the GRIFFIN spectrometer.
- B.Sc. in physics
Professional interests
Selected invited presentations
- FRIB Theory Alliance Fellow Candidate Seminar
From Nuclear DFT to the Heaviest Elements: Toward Uncertainty-Quantified Nuclear Physics Input for the Astrophysical Rapid Neutron Capture Process.
- FRIB-TA Topical Program: Future directions in nuclear beta decay at FRIB
Effect of beta decay on r-process dynamics.
- CAP Congress
Statistical tools for r-process nucleosynthesis studies.
- BAND Collaboration Retreat
Uncertainty quantification of nuclear mass models using ensemble Bayesian model averaging.
Research funding and support
- NSF Research Hub: Nuclear Physics from Multi-Messenger Mergers Fellowship
- NSERC CREATE IsoSiM Stipend
- NSF ACCESS allocation
PHYS250120 — Large-scale calculation of beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities and implications for r-process nucleosynthesis; 750k credits.
Honors and awards
- FRIB Theory Alliance Fellow Shortlist
- 2023–24 CAP DNP PhD Thesis Prize
- International Tuition Award
- President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
- IReNA Travel Support and WNPPC Student Travel Award
- Strategic Partnership and study-abroad scholarships
Teaching and mentoring
- Teaching
Includes a substitute lecture for PHYS 10411 at Notre Dame, multi-year teaching assistant roles across introductory and electronics courses at UBC, and leadership service as both Head TA and Head TA Coordinator.
- Graduate mentoring
Mentored Ashabari Majundar on neutron-capture-rate effects in the r-process and Pranav Nalamwar on computational methods for nuclear heating.
- Undergraduate mentoring
Mentored projects in nuclear structure, ALPHA-g deep learning reconstruction, reaction-network development, and radioactive-waste transmutation. Student outcomes include a JHEP-accepted paper and first place in the Canadian Astroparticle Summer Student Talk Competition.
Service and refereeing
- Seminar and Research Discussion Committee
- Head TA Coordinator
- Refereeing
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Machine Learning: Science and Technology, and Nature Communications Physics.