Curriculum Vitæ

Education

Ph.D. in Physics: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2020 –
B.A. cum laude in Physics, Mathematics, and Classical Studies: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2016 – 2020

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research: Thesis title: "Next-to-Leading Order Simulation of Singlet Vector-like Quarks Decaying to a Bottom Quark and W Boson"
2019 – 2020

Supervised by Dr. Joseph Haley and Dr. Will Johns
Used MadGraph5_aMC@NLO to generate samples of vector-like top partner pair production and decay in the Wb+X decay pathway, including showering in Pythia and analysis in Delphes
Compared kinematics of the pair production events at leading-order and next-to-leading order in QCD perturbation
Presented findings to the ATLAS Heavy Quarks and Top physics subgroup
Findings included in ATLAS internal note
Earned highest departmental honors for the thesis and its defense

NSF Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates: at Oklahoma State University
Summer 2019

Supervised by Dr. Joseph Haley
Contributed to an analysis searching for vector-like top partners decaying to a Higgs boson and top quark, attending and presenting at weekly meetings
Analyzed data from RUN 2 of the ATLAS experiment at CERN to assess the efficiency of triggers used for the study, using the ROOT library
Findings included in ATLAS internal note

Strong background in Python and C++ programming

Significant experience with GNU/Linux computing environments

Extensive familiarity with LaTeX

Nancy and William McMinn Scholarship for Physics: 2017 – 2020, Vanderbilt University Department of Physics