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Background

Starting in 2011 I attended the University of Wisconsin - Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin to receive my B.S. in Applied Science with an emphasis on Materials Science in 2016. At UW-Stout I was introduced to the interdisciplinary nature of materials science taking many courses in materials chemistry and physics.

After receiving my B.S. I joined the Kilin group at North Dakota State University as a part of the Materials and Nanotechnology Ph. D program. My dissertation focused on developing computational methods to model non-equilibrium photo-physical and photo-chemical dynamics semiconducing materials, primarally focusing on lead-halide perovskite. Under co-supervison with Dr. Erik Hobbie I also learned experimental methods for synthesizing lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals, solution processing of colloidal samples, and spectroscopic characterization of these materials.

In 2021 I obtained my Ph.D and started a post-doctoral position at Los Alamos National Laboratory mentored by Dr. Amanda Neukirch and was also affiliated with the Center for Nonlinear Studies. With Dr. Neukirch my work is aimed towards using computational chemistry methods to understand chiroptical signatures in small chiral molecules and when chiral molecules interact with achiral nanomaterials. My work with CNLS is aimed towards improving the prediction of charge-transfer rates from ab Initio simulations.

In 2023 I converted to a staff scientist with the T-1 group at LANL.