Download a copy of my academic CV here, or a copy of my professional resume here.
See my current research interests here.
Research Interests
- Computational techniques and software engineering for Geosciences.
- Compositional differentation/stratification in terrestrial planets.
- Magma ocean chemical and thermal evolution.
- Compositional variability and evolution in exoplanets.
- Characteristics of exoplanet habitability.
Education
- Master of Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA (expected Spring 2019)
- Bachelor of Science with Research Distinction, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA (2017)
- Graduation with Honors, Canfield High School, Canfield, OH, USA (2013)
Employment
- Research Assistant, Ohio State Mineral Physics Research Group, Columbus, OH, USA (Winter 2015 - Present)
- Senior Software Engineer & Web Designer, Storm Impact Prediction Model, Columbus, OH, USA (2016 - Present)
- Field Hand, White House Fruit Farm, Canfield, OH, USA (2010 - Present)
- Intern, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, USA (2016 - 2017)
- Intern, Shell Undergraduate Research (2016 - 2017)
Skills
- Self-taught programmer (advanced Python, intermediate Javascript/CSS/HTML, beginner C++)
- Web platform development (Django Web Framework, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery)
- API development (Django REST Framework, Flask)
- Front-end web design and data visualization (Javascript, D3.js, Jinja2 Templating, CSS, HTML)
- Python parallelization for supercomputing environments (multiprocessing)
- Amazon AWS EC2/Elastic Beanstalk deployment
- Large-scale scientific data processing and delivery (NumPy, Pandas)
- Geological field mapping and cross-section construction
- Petrographic mineral identification
In The News…
- A Trip to ELSI: An International Perspective OSU Alumni News (2018)
- Earth’s Tectonic Activity May Be Crucial for Life–and Rare in Our Galaxy Scientific American (2017)
- What’s the Universe Made Of? Discover Magazine (2017)
- Can Garnet Planets Be Habitable? Phys.Org (2017)
- Can Garnet Planets Be Habitable? NASA Exoplanet Exploration (2017)
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Can Garnet Planets Be Habitable? Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2017)
- Could Garnet Planets be Habitable? Universe Today (2017)
- ‘Garnet Planets’ Would Be Hostile to Life Space.com, (2017)
- Earth-Like Planets May Not Be Very Earth-Like New Atlas (2017)