Professional Experience
Fusion Materials Lead
ARC Research and Development
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
March, 2022 - Present
Applied Physicist
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Group
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Energy and Environmental Science and Technology Directorate
Idaho National Laboratory
June, 2021 - March 2022
Current Research
- Developing non-contact, non-destructive methods for thermomechanical materials testing
- Nuclear materials science using ion beams
- In situ monitoring of materials evolution during processing
- Defect effects on phonon- and electron-mediated thermal transport
- Property and performance of chemically-complex metals and ceramics
Education and Training
Russell L. Heath Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Energy and Environmental Science and Technology Directorate
Idaho National Laboratory
September, 2019 - June, 2021
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
June, 2019
Thesis title: Capturing radiation-induced microstructure evolution in situ through direct property monitoring (link)
Master of Science (SM)
Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
June, 2017
Thesis title: In-situ investigation of the oxidation kinetics of Fe-12Cr-2Si using time-resolved transient grating spectroscopy (link)
Bachelor of Science (BS), summa cum laude
Engineering Physics
Cornell University
June, 2014
