About
I’m currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Häffner group at UC Berkeley and the NSF Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (CIQC). I’m also a graduate student intern in the OVER-QC group at Sandia National Laboratories. My research interests include trapped-ion quantum computing, quantum circuit synthesis, and experimental verification of analog quantum simulations.
In addition to my research pursuits, I have spent over ten years in the software engineering world as an individual contributor, technical leader, and people manager.
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics (in progress), University of California, Berkeley
- M.A. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley
- M.S. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S. in Computer Science, Boston University
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Grove City College
Experience
- Graduate Student Intern, Sandia National Laboratories, 2021-
- Software Engineer, Facebook, 2021-
- Software Engineer, Microsoft Office and Azure Quantum, 2017-2021
- Software Engineering Manager, Microsoft Office, 2014-2017
- Software Engineer, Microsoft Office, 2008-2014
- Software Engineering Intern, Microsoft Office, 2006-2007
Academic Honors
- National Science Foundation QISE-NET Fellow, 2021-2023
- US Department of Defense NDSEG Fellow, 2017-2021
- UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor in Physics, 2019
- MIT System Design and Management Fellow, 2012-2015
- Boston University Science and Engineering Day Applied Science Award, 2011
- Grove City College Roger Clark Dawes Engineering Award, 2008