About Me
I'm recent college graduate, who double majored in physics (opens new window) and computer science (opens new window) at Utah State University. I currently work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in a year-long position in CCS-7.
I've contributed to a number of research projects, from computer science middle school curriculum to gamma-ray pulsars, to explore and expand my research capabilities.
I focus my expertise into computational physics research - simulations, visualizations, analysis of large datasets. I will begin a PhD in physics in fall 2023.
My extra energies are put toward efforts of STEM outreach via fun and engaging puzzles for the analytical mind. I want to provide the opportunities to explore scientific problems that I would have enjoyed as a young child.
News
- [August 2022] Post-bac begun at Los Alamos National Laboratory
- [May 2022] Graduation with bachelor's degree
- [April 2022] Award received for Outstanding Senior in Computer Science
- [April 2022] Research presented at April APS meeting in section for Computational Astrophysics
- [January 2022] Research presented at virtual Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
- [January 2022] Tutoring begun at the USU Computer Science Coaching Center (opens new window)
- [January 2022] Classes begun in quantum mechanics and scientific visualizations
- [December 2021] Applications sent in for PhD programs in Physics
- [October 2021] Assistance rendered as TA for Computer Methods in Physics class
- [August 2021] Classes begun in quantum mechanics and time series data mining
- [August 2021] Internship concluded at Stony Brook University
- [June 2021] NSF/GPAP Summer School (opens new window) completed, on plasma physics for astrophysicists
- [June 2021] Tabletop Games paper accepted to Computer Science Education journal
Education
- B.S. Physics, B.S. Computer Science - Utah State University
Sept 2018 - May 2022
Projects
Examining Reaction Networks used in Convection Models in Helium Shells of Sub-Chandrasehkar White Dwarfs
This project simulates the explosion of a dense white dwarf star. In the model, a helium layer surrounds the star. Initial ignition of the helium layer can cause the helium, then the star itself, to burn and explode as a type of supernova. Computer simulations of this phenomemon, by necessity, ignore elements or chemical reactions, in order to simplify the problem enough to be tractable. In this work, I explore the sensitivity of the explosion to such modifications by comparing complicated simulations with their simpler counterparts.