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Postdoctoral Research Associate

Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member of a team developing reflection-mode x-ray lensless imaging capabilities.

• Collaboratively worked with members of the Microscopy and Scattering Programs to perform research and development of soft x-ray coherent lensless imaging techniques.
• Designed vacuum components using CAD to enable existing instruments to perform coherent lensless imaging in reflection geometry.

Research Fellow

Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Laboratory

Performed development work on x-ray magnetic spectroscopy instruments at the Advanced Light Source Beamline 4.0.2.

• Designed and tested hardware changes for a hybrid x-ray/microwave spectrometer, enhancing the measurement sensitivity of the tool by ~8x.
• Worked with vendors and internal engineering staff to design hardware changes for upgrading an x-ray detector in an high vacuum XRD tool.

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Davis

Combined experimental and computational methods to understand magnetism in lithographically-patterned nanostructures.

• Led scientific collaborations to lithographically pattern oxide thin films and investigate their geometry-dependent magnetism with x-ray photoemission electron microscopy.
• Used micromagnetic simulations to understand how nanoscale magnetism in patterned films can be engineered through material properties, pattern geometry, and magnetic interactions.
• Took ownership of X-ray diffraction and pulsed laser deposition equipment, ensuring the health of these tools through maintenance and repairs.
• Automated magnetic microscopy image analysis using GPU-accelerated MATLAB code with a GUI front-end.
• Synthesized thin films for collaborations aimed at developing devices with voltage-controlled magnetism, producing 6 scientific papers.

Teaching Assistant

Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Davis

• Led chemistry laboratory sections with over 20 students, ensuring student safety by providing training on chemical and laboratory safety.
• Planned and led discussion sections teaching students concepts such as electronic/magnetic properties of materials, chemistry, and MATLAB programming

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Developed robotic instruments called active needles to enable minimally-invasive surgical procedures.

• Worked in a team of several students to design a robotic surgical instrument called an active needle, whose design was awarded 2nd place in an ASME engineering design competition.
• Simulated the behavior of an active needle design with shape memory alloy actuators using ANSYS mechanical, resulting in 1 scientific publication.

Motor Transport Operator

United States Army National Guard

• Worked in teams of 5-20 Soldiers to provide logistical support for artillery teams by safely transporting and delivering munitions with military vehicles

Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering

University of California Davis

• Thesis: Spin Texture Formation in Perovskite-Based Artificial Spin Ice Structures
• Advisor: Prof. Yayoi Takamura

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Advanced Light Source Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellowship

Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Office of Science Graduate Student Research Fellowship

United States Department of Energy

Travel Award to present at the 67th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)

University of California Davis Graduate Studies

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship

United States Department of Education

Academic Scholarship

Pedrozzi Foundation

Second Place in the Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design Competition

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Hawaii Francis R. Montgomery Foundation