About me

Hi, welcome to my personal site!

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I plan to graduate in Spring 2026 and am looking for a job!

I work at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics as a Graduate Research Assistant under the supervision of Dr. Robert Ergun. For Ph.D., I am working on large-scale statistical analyses of data from the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS) to study the signatures of particle acceleration due to turbulence and magnetic reconnection in the Earth’s magnetosphere.

In particular, I focus on the magnetotail, which is a uniquely overdriven plasma environment where low-density particles can be accelerated to 100-keV energies due to explosive magnetic reconnection during the Dungey cycle. Analysis of data in this environment requires deep understanding of the technical calibrations of particle instruments, as well as the limitations of magnetometers and electric field probes at very small (sub-electron) scales.

On the side, I participate in many open-source software projects, such as PlasmaPy. Recently, I design a Python package for large-scale studies (100s of GB to TBs) with MMS data, with a focus on scientific reproducibility. mmspy is currently under alpha testing, and is being used for a couple of projects that will be published soon. In addition, I have a wide skillset in scientific and parallel computing, with experiences in Particle-In-Cell (PIC) and test-particle simulations.