Experience

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  Slammers illinois baseball academy

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2021

  Head baseball coach

  -Coached and mentored high performing 14u, 15u, and 17u baseball teams, specializing in hitting and outfielding coaching. Ran youth baseball camps and evaluated talent during team tryouts.-Developed game and practice plans for competitive showcase tournaments in the region. Led the 15u Slammers-Coyote team to win the 2020 Wheeling Baseball Fall League Championship.-Advised players on recruitment by college coaches. Communicated talent to college coaches and committed 5 players to competitive college baseball programs. Show less

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  Hawkeye engine services, llc

  May 2019 - Oct 2020

  Operations intern

  -Manipulated data sets in Excel to edit and improve accuracy of company database.-Developed and ran scripts to properly identify and segregate scrap aviation materials in inventory.

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  Grinnell college

  Aug 2019 - May 2020

  Golf course operations

  Managed the pro shop and golf course scheduling at the Grinnell College Golf Course.

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  Livingston capital ventures lp

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  Intern

  -Assessed current Livingston Ventures investments and analyzed angel investment pitches. -Conceptualized a platform to boost community policing.

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  Grinnell college

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  Resident assistant

  -Designed and supervised several campus wide programs per semester. Increased student participation in campus events. -Trained in handling mediations and conflict, mental health struggles, QPR suicide prevention, resident interactions, programming planning and budgeting, and building a community. Mentored younger students.-Handled on-call campus phone for the assigned residence cluster year round. Assigned to the first response team for campus emergencies.

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  University of wyoming

  May 2022 - Jul 2022

  Astronomy research assistant

  -Collected and processed astronomical data on reverberation mapping of quasars. Developed mass determination for black holes of the active galactic nuclei (AGN).-Carried out observations using the 2.3 meter telescope at the Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO). Acquired approximately 300+ hours of observing 50+ AGN and stars. -Presented reverberation mapping results for selected objects at the American Astronomical Society conference (Jan 2023) and Grinnell College (Feb 2023). Authored current manual used for WIRO remote observing.-Coauthored in the publication, “Monitoring AGNs with Hβ Asymmetry IV” (In review)-Coauthored in the publication, "Broad-line region in NGC 4151 monitored by two decades of reverberation mapping campaign" (https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.06119). Show less

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  Grinnell college

  Aug 2022 - May 2023

  -Calculated the orbits of particles around a rotating Kerr black hole using four different energy extraction mechanisms.-Directed the research team of 4 students due to background in general relativity and plasma astrophysics. Presented particle orbit results at Grinnell College (May 2023). -Facilitated the lab section for Modern Physics (PHY232), organizing the labs for students to introduce modern physics topics.-Guided students through data collection and answered questions about concepts and calculations.

  • Astrophysics Research Assistant

    Jan 2023 - May 2023

  • Laboratory Assistant

    Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
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  Nasa - national aeronautics and space administration

  May 2023 - Dec 2023

  -Developed Python API interface to generate and automate optical analysis of Wolter-I X-ray grazing incidence telescope structures mirrors using Zemax OpticStudio. Accelerated optical analysis and design iteration cycle in the ES23 branch at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) resulting in 100 - 1000x improvement in design iteration cycle saving 5,000+ annual man hours.-Contributed to the development of sounding rocket experiments by installing and testing flight hardware. Collaborated with the ST13 Heliophysics and Planetary Sciences Branch at NASA MSFC and the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. -Presented innovative project results to the NASA MSFC ES01 branch. Show less -Selected to pursue research (REU) with the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. -Determined physical parameters of the outflow of various gamma-ray bursts. Calculated minimum variability timescale in the GRB light curves. Estimated Lorentz factor, and calculated radius of the gamma-ray emission for each GRB. May lead to new theories.-Derived peak energies and masses allowed for GRBs and calculated redshift of select GRBs. Many GRBs do not have a recorded distance, and by determining the redshift it was possible for the distance of the selected GRB to be obtained.-Presented results at the American Geophysical Union conference (Dec 2023). Show less

  • Optical Engineering Intern

    Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Astrophysics Research Assistant

    May 2023 - Aug 2023