I am a first-year PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering department at Stony Brook University, pursuing the medical physics track. I attained my B.Sc. in Physics with a Minor in Astronomy at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

I am interested in the applications of physics in the medical field, specifically in radiological imaging and radiotherapy. My ongoing research is focused on studying and eliminating the scatter radiation in mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis to improve image quality. We are currently investigating the usefulness of a high-precision carbon-interspace antiscatter grid to achieve this goal.

During my undergraduate studies, I worked with Dr. Colleen Marlow on studying carbon nanotube thin-film devices for future applications in biosensing. I also developed an experiment to investigate the fractal nature of plant roots as my senior project.

Another one of my projects, working with Dr. David Strubbe at UC Merced, involved computational research on high-energy plasma formation to be applied in the optimization of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) experiments

At Cal Poly, I had the opportunity to serve as a board member for several clubs; I was Event Planner for Women in Physics, Yearbook-Coordinator for Society of Physics Students, and Treasurer for Minorities in Physics. I was also in several music related clubs, and find the intersection of music and science fascinating!