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Scientist, Computational Physics Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Education

• Ph.D. Stanford University 2015-2018 Mechanical Engineering
• M.S. Stanford University 2013-2015 Computational and Mathematical Engineering
• B.S. University of Colorado, Boulder 2007-2011 Engineering Physics

Research

I primarily work in computational materials science, focusing on the development of density functional theory (DFT) software. I am currently working on DFT based on the Dirac equation. Previous work involved time-dependent DFT and the use of ground-state DFT codes to study 2D materials. I have also done physics education research and worked for a short period on accelerator cavity design.

Publications

For a full list of publications, see Google scholar

Teaching

I was a Teaching Assistant for the following courses at Stanford:

• CME 100 - Vector Calculus for Engineers (Fall 2013, 206 students; Fall 2014, 250 students)
• CME 102 - Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers (Winter 2014, 90 students)
• CME 104 - Linear Algebra and PDEs for Engineers (Spring 2014, 80 students)
• CME 106 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers (Sum 2014, 16 students; Winter 2015, 180 students)
• MATSCI 331 - Atom-based computational methods for materials
• MATSCI 175 - Nanoscale Materials Physics Computation Laboratory

I was also a Learning Assistant at the University of Colorado, Boulder in several physics courses.

• PHYS 2130 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Fall 2010)
• PHYS 2210 - Classical Mechanics and Math Methods I (Spring 2011)
• PHYS 1120 - General Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism (Summer 2011)
• PHYS 3220 - Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics I (Fall 2011)
• PHYS 3320 - Electromagnetism II (Fall 2011)