Education

I completed my Ph.D. in physics at UCLA. My thesis project in experimental plasma physics focused on the measurement of core electron temperature turbulence on DIII-D and comparisons with theory and simulations. My thesis advisors were Professor Troy Carter of the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy and Dr. Tony Peebles and Dr. Lothar Schmitz of the UCLA Plasma Diagnostic Group (PDG).

University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. Physics - 2008
M.S. Physics - 2004

University of Arizona, Tucson
B.S. Physics/Applied Mathematics - 2003

Awards and Honors

2009 Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award

U. S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Research Program Fellow 2008-2009

UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship 2007-2008

U. S. Department of Energy ORISE Fusion Energy Science (FES) Fellowship 2004-2007

Graesser Foundation Mathematics Scholarship 2002-2003

University of Arizona Provost Scholarship 1999, 2000-2003