Experience

  1. Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Oregon State University
    Teaching introduction to physics laboratories exploring fundamentals of movement and introductory newtonian physics. Tutoring students one-on-one in the “wormhole,” part of a department-led undergraduate tutoring effort to better mentor students in physics.
  2. Software Development Lead

    University of Central Florida College for Research of Optics and Photonics
    Mentored and managed several undergraduates on a large scale research software project involving telescope instrumentation for optical astronomy. Used the Jetson Orin Nano for Computer Vision using CUDA. Employed usage and understanding of various commercial off the shelf electronics such as Arduinos as part of systems testing. Worked with Java/Maven and Python for controlling the telescopes using an interface with the C++ INDI libraries.
  3. Undergraduate Researcher

    Arecibo Observatory
    Worked with multiple researchers and engineers to observe using the 12-meter radio telescope at Arecibo, Observed radio telescope data and synthesized data using various analysis techniques. Wrote scripts in IDL and Python for data analysis of radio spectral data. Wrote computational algorithms in Python to aid in the process of cleaning and excising noise from observations using the telescope.
  4. Software Engineering Intern

    NASA Kennedy Space Center
    Developed the telemetry retrieval software of the rocket launch control software suite to be used by various launch vehicles and ground support equipment as part of the Artemis mission. Wrote documentation for the full software stack, including for existing modules written by senior developers using C, C++. Captured and analyzed telemetry data from various SLS components using Wireshark.
  5. ML Software Developer

    USEncryption, Inc
    Developed machine learning algorithms and paradigms in python for use in encrypted data structures. Reverse-engineered popular python packages such as Pandas and Numpy to work with the novel encrypted data type. Contributed to development of novel methods of encryption “as a service”. Programming languages used: C++, Python (Numpy, Pandas, Pytorch, Keras)

Education

  1. PhD Physics (Astronomy)

    Oregon State University
    PhD currently in progress. Working with Dr. Xavier Siemens on population synthesis of mergers of supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) via holodeck.
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  2. BS Physics

    University of Central Florida
    GPA: 3.65/4.0 Specialized in computational physics. Capstone project focused on updating the ‘EZ-RASSOR’ autonomous regolith mining robot to ROS 2.0. Graduated with Honors.
  3. BS Computer Science

    University of Central Florida
    GPA: 3.65/4.0 Specialized in Machine Learning. Graduated with Honors.
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Python
C/C++
Git
Machine Learning
Documentation and Literate Programming

Writing numpy style docstrings, using sphinx and mkdocs, and writing literate code

Linux/Unix

Debian-based systems e.g. Ubuntu, Pop!, Arch, NixOS, BSD, AIX

Hobbies
Backpacking and Hiking
Biking

Before graduate school I was a bike mechanic. I still enjoy wrenching on bikes!

Building mini PCs
Reading Sci-Fi
Awards
University of Central Florida Provost Scholar
University of Central Florida ∙ August 2018
Awarded for outstanding academic background.
Florida Academic Scholar
Florida Department of Education ∙ August 2018
Full tuition reimbursement for 4 years of undergraduate education including summer classes.
Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Scholar
University of Central Florida ∙ August 2021
Recognized for minority contributions to the fields of science and engineering.
Languages
100%
English
75%
Spanish