Bachelor’s in Astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley (2020)
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Ground and Flight Test Engineer at Sceye
Sceye · 2023 - present · Moriarty, New Mexico, United States
Ground and Flight Test Engineer helping develop stratospheric platforms at Sceye.
Fly Fishing Sales Associate at Orvis (part-time)
Orvis · 2023 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Part-time fly fishing sales associate that helps facilitate the sale of fly fishing goods and services, as well as offer advice/lessons in the sport.
Teacher at Fusion Academy
Fusion Academy · 2021 - 2023 · Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
High school and middle school STEM teacher and tutor at Fusion Academy in Oak Brook, IL. Classes taught include Algebra/Trig, Astronomy, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Science/Programming, Earth Science, Geometry, Physics, and US History. Lead teacher for the Fishing Club, DJ Club, 3D Printing Club, and NASA TechRise Challenge Club.
Visiting Researcher at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
Fermilab · 2019 - 2020 · Batavia, Illinois, United States
Mechanical Engineer, Systems Engineer, and Thermal Engineer on the "Dark Matter in CCDs" (DAMIC) program at the Silicon Detector (SiDet) facility at Fermilab. Current research includes high altitude observations of the Earth Shadow effect via balloon-borne SkipperCCDs, as well as development of SmallSats for on-orbit direct detection of the 3.5 keV line from the Galactic Center.
Affiliate at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 2017 - 2020 · Pasadena, California, United States
Team Lead and Flight Test Director for the Innovation to Flight (i2F) Zephyrus high altitude balloon (HAB) program and Talos balloon autolauncher. Designed, built, and flew 11 HABs for various payloads including extreme environment testing of proposed lunar instruments, flexible PV cell efficiency tests, Mars upper atmospheric wind pattern simulator, CubeSat flight computer verification tests, and more. Also contributed to past NIACs, WindBots and TransFormers.
Co-Founder, Project Manager, Designer at Blockeley University
Blockeley University · 2020 · Berkeley, California, United States
Co-Founder, a Project Manager, and one of the many designers that have created the University of California, Berkeley's entire campus in 1:1 scale a the Class of 2020 virtual graduation ceremony. Lead the data collection, analysis, and execution to use JPL's Shuttle Topography Radar Mission (STRM) to recreate the topographic map of Berkeley 1:1 in Minecraft as well as helping lead the various other project managers, builders, marketing team, graphics team, etc. for the world's first virtual graduation in a video game and one of the largest Minecraft events in history.
Undergraduate Student Instructor (UGSI) at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley · 2020 · Berkeley, California, United States
TA for Astro 120 (Optical and Infrared Lab) at UC Berkeley. I taught lessons each week, held office hours, and conducted lab experiments using remotely operated telescopes. Class focused on Python and observing techniques.
Co-Founder at June Sky
June Sky Aerospace · 2012 - 2017 · Winnetka, Illinois, United States
Co-founder of June Sky. June Sky is a club founded to make aerospace engineering and science more accessible to the public, and specifically kids, through weather balloon and hobby rocket flights.
Thermal Engineering Intern at Ignite USA
Ignite USA, LLC · 2015 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Worked on solutions to improve thermal performance of Ignite USA’s (Contigo’s) coffee mugs.