Currently, I am a PhD Candidate in Physics with
TAPIR
at the
California Institute of Technology working on both computational and theoretical gravitational physics advised by
Saul Teukolsky. While I am interested in a maelstrom of topics, my primary research is concerned with using numerical relativity to study a unique and mind-wrenching phenomenon: gravitational memory.
I carry out this work using a Cauchy-Characteristic Extraction algorithm (CCE) as a part of our Spectral Einstein Code (SpEC) belonging to the
Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration.
Apart from my passion for mathematics and physics, I am an avid backpacker/hiker and am doing my best to enjoy the temperate West Coast, despite my origins in the chilly Midwest.