Bachelor of Science in Physics, with Honors
United States Naval Academy
Graduated: May 2021
Completed undergraduate studies at the United States Naval Academy with a focus on fundamentals of physics research, tabletop optics, and simulating open quantum systems. Because the Naval Academy is exclusively an undergraduate institution, I was able to get involved with research as early as the spring semester of my first year. Summer trainings that were a part of my education provided meaningful opportunities to see the challenges of integrating emergent technologies in real applications.
Awards and Honors
2020 Goldwater Scholar
Class of 2021 Trident Scholar
Research Projects
- Master Equation Analysis of Few Emitters in the Bad Cavity Limit - Developed suite to simulate low-n tuned quantum dots in a lossy cavity system, written in MATLAB
- Scintillation of Laser Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum - Explored and published on the relationship between imparting orbital angular momentum onto laser beams and their intensity fluctuations in real turbulence through a kilometer-long link.