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Cosmoglobe Workshop Participant

University of Oslo Bayesian Cosmological Data Analysis Course

Learning to use Commander 3, an end-to-end Bayesian parameter estimator that combines data from multiple experiments

• Applied SPIDER-1 data at the map level to Commander 3

Graduate Student

Princeton University Department of Physics

Working on the SPIDER and Taurus experiments

• Pointing reconstruction for SPIDER-2 using CMB intensity fluctuations
• Characterization of pointing errors using compact source statistics
• Understanding scan synchronous noise
• Development of data quality flags and statistics
• Primary calibration and instrument parameters through CMB cross-correlation
• SPIDER-2 integration and testing campaigns: Winter 2022-23 McMurdo Antarctica, Summer 2021 Palestine TX, Spring 2020 Princeton NJ
• Tested various SPIDER-2 pointing strategies
• Development of spectral domain component separation pipeline
• Created unique divisions of the SPIDER sky and probed for correlations in existing cosmological data
• Implementation and calibration of cryogenic housekeeping instrumentation
• Mechanical design, testing, and assembly of flight photovoltaic arrays
• Development and implementation of flight data storage system
• Investigation of efficient, cryogenic filters for mitigation of RFI

Class Developer

Big Data Analytics Project

Helped create a new class, “Big Data” Analytics (Physics 6820)

• Documented here: www.github.com/SummerBigData
• Explored multivariate linear regression and logistic regression
• Classified the MNIST digit dataset using a convolutional neural network (CNN) with learned features from an autoencoder (AE)
• Classified 64x64 color images of cats, dogs, cars, and airplanes using a CNN with learned features from a color AE
• Kaggle Challenge: Statoil/C-CORE Iceberg Classifier. Trained a CNN to distinguish radio images of icebergs or ships. Used filtering data augmentation, pseudolabeling, and a Variational AE.
• Kaggle Challenge: Plant Seedling Classification. Trained a CNN to classify pictures of 12 plant seedlings. Used kfolds, t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding, and PCA data augmentation

Undergraduate Researcher

Ohio State University Department of Physics

Working on the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA)

• Wrote a genetic algorithm to calibrate SURF data from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
• Wrote genetic algorithms to evolve wire antennas using gain and neutrino shower simulation software
• Development of Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) hardware, firmware, and integration
• Wrote genetic algorithms to fit spherical harmonic coefficients, generating directional antenna gain patterns

Summer Researcher

Salmonella Nanoparticle Vaccine Internship

Aided in developing a nanoparticle based subunit Salmonella oral vaccine to use in poultry to reduce colonization and shedding of Salmonella

• Dissected and collected various organs, contents, and blood from over 60 chickens infected with the food poisoning bacteria Salmonella
• Extracted DNA and RNA from cecal content and cecal tonsils for genetic analysis

Midwest Region Ambassador

Equity Diversity Initiative: Grad Recruiting

EDI initative helping undergraduate students learn about graduate student life, PhD research, and graduate applications

• Helped develop and was hired as a paid Ambassador in the Princeton Physics Department’s EDI program
• Created to actively reach out to undergraduate students and explain Physics Graduate school
• Advised for undergraduate students in the midwest region

Volunteer/Organizer

Equity Diversity Initiative: Grad Recruiting

EDI initative borne from 2021 George Floyd marches. Targeted at removing barriers for underrepresented minorities to apply and attend the Princeton Physics graduate program

• Interviewing students and editing the website to be more informative
• Creating the Ambassadors group
• Investigating the Physics Graduate Admissions Committee to search for ways to better identify student talent beyond their institution and GPA

Volunteer/Organizer

Highschool research opportunities for women

Volunteered and coordinated research opportunities for women from local high schools

• I presented my work on antenna genetic programming and guided them to evolve their own antennas with python

Volunteer/Organizer

Achieving in Science through Physics Instrumentation, Research, and Exploration (ASPIRE)

Volunteered and coordinated a highschool program to get women from local highschools interested in physics

• Set up an antenna experiment involving signal triangulation using oscilloscopes
• Helped coordinate activities broadly and help students with their projects

PhD Candidate in Physics

Princeton University

Experimental Cosmology, working with Prof. William C. Jones

• Masters in Physics, April 2021

Bachelors of Science, Majors: Physics, Astronomy, Minors: Math

The Ohio State University

High-energy Astrophysics Experiment, working with Prof. Amy Connolly

• summa cum laude, 3.94 GPA
• Honors

Antarctica Service Medal

National Science Foundation

For civilian participants who deploy to an Antarctic research station or vessel and remain south of 60 degrees South latitude via the U.S. Antarctic Program

Member of Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Beta Kappa

DAP Student Travel Award

American Physics Society, Division of Astrophysics

Travel grant for APS members who are presenting talks or posters

Provost Scholarship

The Ohio State University

Merit-based scholarship for Ohio State Undergraduate students

Smith Senior Award

The Ohio State University Department of Physics

Merit-based scholarship for Ohio State Physics Undergraduate students, nominated and chosen by faculty

Smith Junior Award

The Ohio State University Department of Physics

Merit-based scholarship for Ohio State Physics Undergraduate students, nominated and chosen by faculty

Undergraduate Research Scholarship

The Ohio State University Department of Physics

Provides funds to support undergraduate Physics and Engineering Physics majors pursuing research projects with OSU Physics faculty members

Second-year Transformational Experience Program

The Ohio State University

Provides funds for a summer project

Helen Cowan Book Award

The Ohio State University

Recognizes high achievement among freshmen level undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors who have completed the introductory physics sequence

Family Scholarship

The Ohio State University

CFAES Family Scholarship

College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, at The Ohio State University

Provide educational assistance to eligible spouses or dependent children of CFAES employees

Eagle Scout

Boy Scouts of Americ, Buckeye Council, Killbuck District

Earned the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. Directed an Eagle Scout Service Project (152 total person-hours). Built stone signs at Secrest Arboretum in OARDC, Wooster

Polarized Dust Emission with SPIDER

Pan-Experiment Galactic Science Group, Virtual

Presented SPIDER-1 Foregrounds Paper Results

Analysis of Polarized Dust Emission from the First Flight of the SPIDER Balloon-Borne Telescope

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Princeton University

Presented results from the SPIDER polarized emissions paper at Astro-Coffee

Foregrounds with SPIDER: Examining Deviations in Dust Modeling

Case Western Reserve University Cosmology Group, Cleveland Ohio

Discussed SPIDER-1 development, deployment, and preliminary foregrounds results

Foregrounds with SPIDER: Examining Deviations in Dust Modeling

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica, Svalbard Norway

Discussed SPIDER-1 development, deployment, and preliminary foregrounds results

r Error Budget for SPIDER's First Flight

Princeton University Gravity Group, Princeton New Jersey

Discussed SPIDER-1 error budget for r estimate, from dust template, data, and model components

Evolving Antennas for Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Detection

American Physical Society, Denver Colorado

Discussed efforts to evolve antennas for neutrino detection with radio antennas

Askaryan Radio Array

STEP Expo poster session, Columbus OH}

Presented summer research project poster at the Ohio Union

Askaryan Radio Array

Undergraduate Summer Research Program, Columbus OH}

Oral presentation of my research to peers at the Physics Research Building