General Bio
I was born and raised in Horsham, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia. In school, I enjoyed learning subjects in the sciences and in music. For extra-curricular activities, I participated in my district’s string orchestra from 4th grade to 12th grade playing the upright bass. After playing bass for a year, I decided to learn how to play the guitar in my free time.
The subject I enjoyed learning for the first time in school was physics. I got interested in the mathematics framework and concepts which changed my perspective on reality. I had the best physics teacher in High school during my senior year, Mrs. McElrath. If it wasn’t for her passion in teaching, I would have decided to study something else in college. I received my BS in Physics from Kutztown University in 2021 and received my MSc in Physics from Temple University.
During my time in graduate school, I was a teacher’s assistant for two years for introductory physics labs taught by Temple’s physics department. For that position, I had about 60 undergraduate students over 3 lab sections every week to instruct their experiment for that week and to grade lab reports. I worked directly with students if they had any questions or problems with their experiment.
I also participated in scientific research with a Temple professor who studied experimental nuclear and particle physics. During that time, learned particle physics, computer programming in C++, experimental techniques and devices in particle physics.
