Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Area: Applied Physics and Devices
Advisor: Professor Dirk Englund
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
A.B. cum laude, May 2014
Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry & Physics, High Honors
Senior Thesis: Methods towards high sensitivity magnetometry using nitrogen-vacancy centers.
Thesis Advisor: Professor Mikhail Lukin
Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
Valedictorian, June 2010
Teaching Experience
Kirkland House - Non-resident Tutor, Aug. 2015 - Present
Served as a non-resident tutor in physics and engineering for Kirkland House, one of Harvard’s undergraduate residences. Held weekly problem solving and career advising office hours.
Tiger Cub Tutoring - Tutor, July 2015 - Present
Taught physics, helped with standardized testing preparation, and assisted with college applications for socioeconomically disadvantaged students.
Harvard Physics Department - Laboratory Teaching Fellow, Aug. 2011 - May 2013
Taught laboratory sections for introductory mechanics (Harvard courses Physics 11a and 15a). Held weekly problem-solving office hours. Awarded Derek Bok Center Certificate for Distinction in Teaching in fall of 2011 and spring of 2013.
Awards and Fellowships
NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (2016)
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship - Awarded but declined to accept NASA (2016)
Fulbright Scholar (2014)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2014, 2015, 2016)
Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (2011, 2013)
Herchel Smith Undergraduate Science Fellow (2013)
Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering Fellow (2012)