Major Milestones

Spring 2026

Won the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

The Distinguished Teaching Awards are UCLA’s highest honor for teaching!

Fall 2025

Passed qualifying examination

I am now a PhD Candidate (CPhil) after presenting my PhD Proposal to my Doctoral Committee.

Summers 2024 + 2025

Interned at the Aerospace Corporation

With Dr. Tim Guild and Dr. Paul O’Brien, I’m working on a physics-informed neural network using REACH low altitude dosimeter data.

2024-2026

Joined UCLA’s Clusters Program

I designed and taught a writing intensive seminar x2 for the Clusters Program and served as the Teaching Assistant Consultant for Clusters for two years.

2023

Won the NASA FINESST Award

I was awarded the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology grant, providing funding for my PhD research.

Summer 2023

Attended the LANL Space Weather Summer School

I worked with Dr. Gian Luca Delzanno researching high alt. nuclear explosions (HANEs) on the Vela Fellowship.

Winter 2023

Passed master’s comprehensive examination

MS in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences with specialization in Space Physics 

Fall 2022

Joined UCLA’s Graduate Writing Center as a consultant

I now consult on all types of genres across all graduate programs at UCLA.

Summer 2021

Started my PhD Research

At the end of my 1st year, I officially joined Prof. Jacob Bortnik’s group.

Fall 2020

Started Graduate School @ UCLA

I joined the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at UCLA once more!

2019-2020

Completed my Gap Year @ JPL

I worked with Dr. Evan Fishbein on radiospectroscopy in the  Atmospheric Physics and Weather Group.

Spring 2019

Graduated from UCLA

BS in Astrophysics with a minor in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences