Education
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics (expected 2026)
Research Focus: Theoretical and Computational Cosmology, High Energy Astrophysics -
B.A. Physics with Specialization in Astrophysics with Honors, 2020
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B.S. Mathematics, 2020
Research Experience
University of California, Santa Barbara, KITP Graduate Fellow
Advisor: Prof. Peng Oh
Fall 2024
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Visiting Graduate Researcher
Advisor: Prof. Ellen Zweibel
2023–present
The University of Chicago, Graduate/Undergraduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. Nick Gnedin
2017–present
Honors & Awards
Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship Finalist
Supports exceptional doctoral students currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, mathematics, physics, or statistics.
2025
Fermilab URA Visiting Scholars Program Award
$22,000 research fund to support work at Fermilab.
2024
Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize, Ohio State University, CCAPP
Recognizes research excellence and exceptional promise in CCAPP-related fields.
2024
KITP Graduate Fellowship, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Highly competitive fellowship for outstanding graduate students in theoretical physics.
2024
Jeff Metcalf Fellowship, University of Chicago
$4000 summer research fellowship.
2019
Blue Waters Student Internship Program, NCSA
Among 19 students selected nationwide. Included a $5000 stipend, a two-week Petascale Institute, and access to Blue Waters system.
2018
Heising-Simons Award, UChicago Department of Physics
$4000 fellowship awarded to outstanding female Physics majors pursuing summer research.
2018
Dean’s Scholarship, University of Chicago
$4000 fellowship awarded to incoming students for meritorious achievement.
2016
University Scholarship, University of Chicago
Merit scholarship awarded for outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and community commitment.
2016
Selected Talks & Posters
Price Prize Talk, Ohio State University — Columbus, OH
Talk, 10/2024
Cosmic Origins: The First Billion Years, Santa Barbara, CA
Talk, 09/2024
Cosmic Dawn Revealed by JWST, Santa Barbara, CA
Conference Talk, 08/2024
KITP Blackboard Talk, Santa Barbara, CA
Talk, 07/2024
First Stars VII, New York City, NY
Conference Talk, 05/2024
UW-Madison Astronomy Monday Seminar, Madison, WI
Talk, 04/2023
UCSB Astro Lunch Talk, Santa Barbara, CA
Talk, 02/2023
KITP Workshop on the Cosmic Web, Santa Barbara, CA
Conference Talk, 02/2023
BCCP Workshop on Reionization and Cosmic Dawn, Berkeley, CA
Conference Talk, 03/2022
Structure Formation Group Seminar, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Talk, 12/2019
Midstates Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL
Talk, 11/2019
Theoretical Cosmology Group Seminar, UChicago
Talk, 10/2019
Galaxy Group Seminar, University of Michigan
Talk, 09/2019
School of Advanced Science on First Light, São Paulo, Brazil
Poster, 08/2019
KICP Spring Postdocs Symposium, Chicago, IL
Talk, 06/2019
KICP Winter Postdocs Symposium, Chicago, IL
Talk, 03/2019
Technical Skills
Code: ART, Athena++
Languages: Python, C++, C, Mathematica, R, Unix Shell
HPC: Supercomputing, MPI, OpenMP
Web: HTML5, CSS
Scientific Analysis: MCMC, Bayesian Statistics, ODE Solving, Machine Learning, Computer Vision
Additional Professional Training
International Summer School on the Interstellar Medium of Galaxies, 07/2021
Code/Astro (software engineering workshop for Astronomy), 07/2021
The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on First Light, IAG/University of São Paulo, 08/2019
Blue Waters Petascale Institute, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 05/2018