Where are you from?
Denver, Colorado.听
What schools have you attended?听
I completed听my undergraduate at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. I double-majored in Physics and Math. I'm in my fourth听year here at CU 麻豆影院.听
What do you like to do in your free time?听
I love biking (road and mountain) in the hills around 麻豆影院 and fly fishing in the rivers along the front range. I also enjoy skiing and hiking.听 听
Please share about your research.听
I work in the Rieker Lab. The lab's general goal is to develop laser-based sensors for systems ranging from combustion devices to the atmosphere. My personal research is focused on developing and improving models for the absorption of light by gasses at very high pressures and temperatures. To do this, I use dual-frequency comb spectroscopy to measure gasses at high pressure/temperature conditions. The ultimate goal of this research is to enable new laser-based sensors for high pressure and temperature systems (e.g., an aircraft engine) as well as to improve our knowledge of radiative transfer in other high-pressure/temperature environments (such as the surface of Venus or exoplanetary atmospheres).听
Where do you see yourself in ten听years?听
I'll probably just be finishing my PhD at that point.听JUST KIDDING (I hope).
I have loved doing research in graduate school, so I don't see myself straying too far from a job where I can work in a lab and take part in new science. If I had to choose right now, I would like to work in atmospheric science, hopefully applying the skills I've learned at CU 麻豆影院 to develop new ways to monitor pollution/emissions and their effect on the atmosphere.听
Anything else you'd like to share?听
I took a听gap year before coming to CU 麻豆影院. During that time, I lived in Hilo, Hawaii and worked as an Astrophysical Research Intern at the Gemini Observatory.
I was awarded a NASA Earth and Space Science fellowship during my first year at CU 麻豆影院 to translate our work on spectroscopy at high pressures and temperatures to studies of the Venus atmosphere.听