I am a new graduate student at the University of Minnesota, currently pursuing my interests in high energy physics. In particular I've spent the last two years working on experimental particle physics, where I've had some of the most exciting learning experiences of my life! However, I am a theorist at heart (if nothing else), and I would like to eventually pursue that interest sometime during my graduate career.

Beyond my research interests, I also really enjoy working with students as an introductory physics Teaching Assistant. In my opinion there is nothing more enjoyable than inspiring a student's interest in this vast and exciting science.

Finally, I've recently discovered just how much I love getting some fresh air while biking around Minneapolis and St. Paul. If I'm not in the Physics Building, that's probably what I'm doing!

Experimental Particle Physics

BES III

My most recent research has been working with Professors Dan Cronin-Hennessy and Ron Poling on charm physics from the BES III experiment at the Beijing Electron Position Collider (BEPC) in China. The BEPC is a particle accelerator much like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland. However, the BEPC operates at a much lower energy, where precision measurements of light/heavy flavour (charm) quark and hadron properties can be best achieved. My specific research focuses on decay properties of the charmonium particles, which are bounds states of a charm and anti-charm quark.

CLEO-c/CMS

Previously I worked with Professors Yuichi Kubota and Dan Cronin-Hennessy on data analysis from the CLEO-c experiment at Cornell University. The goal of the project was to analyze muon energy deposition in CLEOs electromagnetic calorimeter, which would provide useful information for the search for Heavy Stable Charged Particles (HSCPs) at the CMS experiment at the LHC.