B.S. Tufts University (2016)
M.S. University of Massachusetts Amherst (2018)
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst (2021)
I am a high-energy particle physicist who studies the fundamental building blocks of matter and the forces that govern their interactions. My work aims to answer some of the biggest open questions in physics, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and whether new, undiscovered particles exist beyond our current theories. Since 2016, I have been working on the ATLAS Experiment at CERN, one of the flagship experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.
A central focus of my research is the search for evidence of a new "dark sector" of particles. These hypothetical particles would interact only very weakly with ordinary matter, yet could make up a large fraction of the matter in the universe. To pursue these searches, I develop advanced machine learning techniques to try and identify their elusive signatures within the enormous ATLAS dataset. I also work closely on the development of sophisticated algorithms that reconstruct the trajectories of charged particles produced in particle collisions. This work is particularly important for the High-Luminosity upgrade of the LHC, which will dramatically increase the amount of data collected by the ATLAS Experiment and requires new techniques to maintain precision in a much more challenging environment.
Looking ahead, I am beginning work on research and detector development for a proposed muon collider, a next-generation facility with unique potential to study physics at unprecedented energy scales. I am also interested in intensity-frontier experiments, which use high-intensity particle beams to search for extremely rare signals that could reveal new particles and interactions. Together, these efforts provide complementary avenues for probing dark sectors and advancing our understanding of the fundamental laws of nature.
