Education

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  PhD, Chemical Physics

  2023

  Columbia University
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  BS, Physics

  2018

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Cum Laude, Departmental and College Honors

Professional Experience

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  Harvard University

  Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

  • Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow
    2024 - present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    2023 - 2024

  Advisor: Joonho Lee, PhD
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  Columbia University

  Department of Chemistry

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow
    2018 - 2023

  Thesis: Structure and Dynamics in Electron-Phonon Coupled Materials

  Advisor: David Reichman, PhD
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  California Institute of Technology

  Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

  • John Stauffer VURP Fellow
    2017

  Advisor: Garnet Chan, PhD
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  University of California, Berkeley

  Department of Chemistry

  • Junior Specialist
    2016

  Advisor: Eric Neuscamman, PhD
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  University of California, Los Angeles

  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

  • Undergraduate Researcher
    2014 - 2018

  Advisor: Anastassia Alexandrova, PhD

Publications

18 publications and 1 preprint listed on the publications page.

Fellowships

• Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship — Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
  2024
• Upjohn Fellowship — Columbia University
  2019
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship — National Science Foundation
  2018

Academic Recognition

• Wiley Computers in Chemistry Outstanding Postdoc Award — ACS COMP Division
  2026
• Pegram Award — Columbia University Department of Chemistry
  2023
• Best Poster — American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry
  2022
• Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award — ACS COMP Division
  2022
• Dean's Prize for Excellence in Science — University of California, Los Angeles
  2018
• Senior Undergraduate Research Scholar — University of California, Los Angeles
  2017
• John Stauffer VURP Fellowship — California Institute of Technology
  2017
• Junior Undergraduate Research Scholar — University of California, Los Angeles
  2016
• Elmer Carvey Memorial Scholarship — AVS Southern California Chapter
  2016
• Seaborg Poster Session Winner — University of California, Los Angeles
  2016
• Raymond & Dorothy Wilson Research Fellowship — University of California, Los Angeles
  2015
• Honors Program Maggie Gilbert Research Award — University of California, Los Angeles
  2015
• Stuart C. Waugh and Scott L. Waugh Scholarship — University of California, Los Angeles
  2015
• Grant-in-Aid of Research — Sigma Xi
  2015
• Honorary Undergraduate Research Fellow — University of California, Los Angeles
  2015

Travel Awards

• Air Force Scholar — American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry
  2022
• Travel Grant — Arts & Sciences Graduate Council
  2022

Presentations

• ACS National Meeting — Chicago, IL Poster
  2026
• Beckman Symposium — Irvine, CA Poster
  2026
• Advances in Electronic Structure Theory and Dynamics — Merced, CA Talk
  2026
• 18th International Congress on Quantum Chemistry — Berkeley, CA Poster
  2026
• Beckman Symposium — Irvine, CA Poster
  2025
• 11th Triennial Molecular Quantum Mechanics Conference — Kyoto, Japan Poster
  2025
• 11th Triennial Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics — Qingdao, China Poster
  2024
• Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio Grant Meeting — Ascot, UK Talk
  2024
• Center for Computational Quantum Physics: Polaron Meeting — New York, NY Talk
  2023
• ACS National Meeting — Chicago, IL Poster
  2022
• American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry — Olympic Valley, CA Poster
  2022
• ACS National Meeting — Boston, MA Talk
  2018
• International Conference on Chemical Bonding — Lihue, HI Talk
  2016

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant, Intensive General Chemistry
  2019
• Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry I
  2019
• Teaching Assistant, Intensive General Chemistry Lab
  2018

Professional Activities

• Reviewer, Journal of Physical Chemistry A — American Chemical Society
• Reviewer, Journal of Physical Chemistry C — American Chemical Society
• Reviewer, Physical Review B — American Physical Society
• Presenter, Cambridge Science Festival
  2024
• Events Co-Chair, Arts & Sciences Graduate Council — Executive Board
  2019 - 2022
• Chair, Student Physical Chemistry Seminar
  2018 - 2021