CV
Education
- B.S. in Chemistry, University of Virginia, 2024 (expected)
Experience
- September, 2022 - Present: Undergraduate Researcher
- University of Virginia, Egorov Group
- Developed Python code to simulate quantum mechanical systems, implementing flux-side and flux-flux (auto)correlation functions
- Explored novel inter-molecular potential via industry standard software, Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS) while using the University of Virginia’s High-Performance Computing System, Rivanna
- Actively collaborate with several different research groups in Europe
- Supervisor: Dr. Sergei Egorov
- Fall 2023 Research Recap
- University of Virginia, Egorov Group
Skills
- Programming Languages
- Python (Intermediate)
- MATLAB (Intermediate)
- C ++ (Beginner)
- R (Beginner)
- Julia (Beginner)
- Software Proficiency
- Microsoft Office Suite (Advanced)
- $\LaTeX$ (Advanced)
- Git (Intermediate)
- ChemDraw (Intermediate)
- Languages
- Spanish (Intermediate)
Publications
Talks
String Theory: How do Musicians Know What Sounds Nice?
Talk at University of Virginia, STEM Communication, Charlottesville, Virginia
Linear Algebra v2: Regression and SVD?
Talk at University of Virginia, STEM for Virgina , Charlottesville, Virginia
An Introduction to Group Theory and its Applications
Talk at University of Virginia, STEM Communication Practice , Charlottesville, Virginia
Distinguished Majors Symposium
Talk at University of Virginia, DMP Symposium, Charlottesville, Virginia
Teaching
Service and Leadership
Currently, I am trying to create an analog of STEM Communication, an organization I’m part of mentioned below, for undergraduates. Building off of the work that began with Blueprint (also mentioned below), I hope to assemble a group of students interested in STEM in order to help others by finding research, improving communication abilities in “formal” settings, and giving general, collegiate advice. This idea stems from conversations with out-of-state students who felt alienated when first starting at UVa and quickly developed upon my joining of STEM Comm. As I continued to progress in my own scientific journey, I increasingly found myself attending seminars or having to communicate my own ideas and work— skills that are rarely cultivated within UVa’s own curriculum and perhaps even curricula. This would manifest itself as weekly presentations from upper-classmen (3rd and 4th years) about their current research before opening the floor to questions and critiques.
Tracing back to the start of my college career, I was lucky to have an advisor who was a Chemist prior to declaring my major. Not everyone is so lucky. Consequently, I imagine the organization could create a website to share vetted opinions and perhaps even resources to help their fellow students succeed in courses. As such, I hope this organization can meld “advising” in a loose sense with the development of practical skills, creating more capable members in the fields of STEM.
A link to the site for the organization, tentatively titled STEM for Virginia, can be found here.
Below are some formally laid-out points:
- Blueprint Leadership Club, University of Virginia
- Identified and outlined problems surrounding a lack of academic and interpersonal support at UVA
- Worked in a group to develop and implement infrastructure for a peer-to-peer advising network
- Designed and gave a group presentation to $\sim 80$ audience members summarizing our work and discussing future avenues of improvement
- STEM Communication
- Graduate students (and myself) work together to identify ways STEM content could be better delivered for a general audience
- Members give weekly presentations that are critiqued to flesh out better modes of relaying information