About Me

I obtained my Ph.D. in Materials in 2025 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where I worked in the Wilson Group. Prior to arriving at UCSB, I completed my B.S. in Chemical Engineering at UCLA, where I concurrently interned for several years in the Advanced Thermoelectric Materials Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). During that time, I also interned briefly in the alkylation plant at the Chevron El Segundo Refinery and in the Kauzlarich Lab at UC Davis. After graduating from UCLA, I worked for a few months in the Materials Engineering, Test, & Evaluation Group at JPL and then interned briefly in the Thin Film Material Science and Processing Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Employment

• Rice University (2025 - Present)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Advised by Prof. Pengcheng Dai and Prof. Emilia Morosan

Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara (2019 - 2025)
  • Ph.D. Materials, Advised by Prof. Stephen Wilson
• University of California, Los Angeles (2014 - 2018)
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering