Education & Research

Research Topics

Gravitational waves as a cosmological probes
Dynamics of compact binary objects
Black hole perturbation theory

Education

The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus Campus
- Doctorate in Physics, Aug. 2017 - Aug. 2023
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM)
- Bachelors of Science in Physics, Magna Cum Laude, Aug. 2014 - May 2017
Kamehameha High Schools, Kapālama Campus
- High School Diploma, 2014

Research Experience

Director’s Fellow, Nov. 2023 - Present
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Advisors: Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, Hyun Lim, Oleg Korobkin
  - Develop analytical and numerical tools to study broad parameter spaces of relativistic three-body interactions
  - Develop the formalism for interacting theories of Hawking radiation on curved spacetimes
Graduate Research Assistant, Aug. 2017 - Aug. 2023
- OSU, Advisor: Christopher Hirata
  - Analyze resonant phenomena in relativistic three-body interactions as applied to extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs)
  - Develop statistical measures for the impact of circumgalatic dust on weak lensing surveys
  - Analyze atomic transitions in escaping atmospheres of exoplanets and calculate emitted radiation profiles
  - Analyze primordial black hole mass constraints using femtolensing and microlensing techniques in order to test possibility as a dark matter candidate
Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) Summer Intern, May 2017 - Aug. 2017
- Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Advisors: Tanner Crowder and Keye Martins
  - Studied String Theory, Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetime, and Loop Quantum Gravity and analyzed similarities between the theories
  - Applied methods of soliton analysis to General Relativity and analyzed the properties of the solitons in the Loop Quantum Gravity context
  - Analyzed topological nature of solitons and compared them to certain parameters in Loop Quantum Gravity
Mathematical Physics Research Assistant, Feb. 2015 - May 2017
- UHM, Advisor: Sarah Post
  - Obtained external funding via Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Grant
  - Developed solutions (exact and numeric) to non-linear partial differential equations relating to soliton dynamics and other non-linear mechanics
  - Generated computer simulations of soliton dynamics
  - Studied physical processes that can be modeled by systems of solitons
  - Presented results at University of Hawai‘i and other academic conferences

Academic Achievements

Director’s Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nov. 2023
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
Hazel Brown Outstanding Teaching Award, Dec. 2019
- Teaching Assistant Award
Graduate Enrichment Fellowship, Aug. 2017
- Academic Grant
SACNAS Travel Scholarship, June 2016
- Presentation Grant
College of Natural Arts and Sciences Native Hawaiian Scholarship, June 2016
- Academic Grant
Vincent Z. Peterson Scholarship, June 2016
- Academic Grant
Ka Hikinia O Ka Lā Scholarship, June 2015 - June 2017
- Academic Grant
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Grant, Aug. 2015
- Research Grant
Zecha Foundation Scholarship, Aug. 2015
- Academic Grant
University of Hawai‘i Foundations Scholarship, May 2014
- Academic Grant