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CV

Education


2022 – present

Ph.D. (Physics)

Harvard University

2017 – 2022

B.Sc. (Physics and Math)

University of British Columbia

Experience


09/2022 – present

Graduate Researcher

Harvard University

Experimental high energy neutrino physics.

09/2020 – 04/2021

Intern

General Fusion Inc.

Simulations of plasmas at high compression in spherical tokamaks, for magnetized target fusion.

Teaching


2025

Head Teaching Fellow

Physical Sciences 2 (Mechanics, Elasticity, Fluids, and Diffusion) — Harvard University

2019 – 2022

Teaching Assistant

Physics 100 (Introductory Physics), Physics 216 (Intermediate Mechanics), Physics 157 (Physics for Engineers) — University of British Columbia

Awards


2025

Teaching prize

Harvard University Physics Department

2023

PGS-D Graduate Fellowship

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada