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Curriculum Vitæ

Education

Ph.D. in Physics
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2020 – (est.) 2025
B.A. cum laude in Physics, Mathematics, and Classical Studies
Minor in Computer Science
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2016 – 2020

Research

Probabilistic Inference of the Structure and Orbit of Milky Way Satellites with Semi-Analytic Modeling
Dylan Folsom, Oren Slone, Mariangela Lisanti, Fangzhou Jiang, Manoj Kaplinghat
arXiv:2311.05676, To submit to MNRAS
Undergraduate Honors Thesis
"Next-to-Leading Order Simulation of Singlet Vector-like Quarks Decaying to a Bottom Quark and W Boson"
Supervised by Dr. Joseph Haley and Dr. Will Johns
Earned highest departmental honors for the thesis and its defense
2019 – 2020
NSF Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates
at Oklahoma State University, supervised by Dr. Joseph Haley
Summer 2019

Talks

Probabilistic Inference of the Structure and Orbit of Milky Way Satellites with Semi-Analytic Modeling
Local Local Group Group
Columbia University, December 2023
Semi-Analytic Inference of the Dark Matter Structure of Satellite Galaxies
Galactic Frontiers: Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Volume and Beyond
Flatiron Institute, June 2023

Teaching, Mentorship, and Service

Assistant in Instruction
PHY 105: Advanced Physics (Mechanics, Lab), Fall 2023
PHY 104: General Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism, Lab), Spring 2023
PHY 115: Physics for Future Leaders, Fall 2022
PHY 110: General Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism), Summer 2022
PHY 109: Physics Methods and Applications (Mechanics), Spring 2022
PHY 105: Advanced Physics (Mechanics), Fall 2021
Resident Graduate Student, Butler College
2021 – 2022

Skills

Strong background in Python and C++ programming

Significant experience with GNU/Linux computing environments

Extensive familiarity with LaTeX

Honors and Awards

Joseph Henry Merit Prize
2020, Princeton University Department of Physics
President's Fellowship
2020 & 2021, Princeton University Graduate School
Nancy and William McMinn Scholarship for Physics
2017 – 2020, Vanderbilt University Department of Physics
STEM and Business Scholarship
2016 – 2020, Scarlett Family Foundation
Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honors Society
Inducted 2019
Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honors Society
Inducted 2018