I am a computational scientist with a technical background in aerospace engineering and applied mathematics. I am currently a Peter O'Donnell Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences working with Prof. Karen Willcox. I also collaborate with the Computational Mathematics Group at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory working with Dr. Panos Stinis and Dr. Amanda Howard.
Previously, I was a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I earned my doctoral degree from the Center for Computational Science and Engineering in the Institute's Schwarzman College of Computing working with Prof. David Darmofal. My thesis was on stochastic and generative modeling for multiscale chaotic differential equations. I have extensive experience developing and running code on modern high-performance computing architectures for scientific computing applications across academia and industry. My recent and ongoing work includes:
I earned my master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics with a specialization in Aerospace Computational Engineering from MIT. I completed my master's thesis on assessing wall-modeled large-eddy simulation for high-speed turbulent flows and exploring new modeling strategies. I completed my undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with a minor in Atmospheric Sciences and a concentration in Computational Science and Engineering. I was an undergraduate researcher in the Numerics and Unsteady Flows Group advised by Andres Goza and the Center for Hypersonics & Entry Systems Studies directed by Marco Panesi.
I'm also interested in teaching and mentoring. I have mentored many undergraduate students for various research projects in aerospace engineering and applied mathematics through the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). I have been consistently recognized by MIT AeroAstro for my involvement and leadership in advocacy efforts. I have been recognized for my teaching and leadership at UIUC many times, including by my former students from classes I've developed and instructed.
In my free time, I like staying active (rock climbing, cycling, boxing) and going to live music events with my friends. I also like spending time with my siblings and my cat Finneas.
Previously, I was a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I earned my doctoral degree from the Center for Computational Science and Engineering in the Institute's Schwarzman College of Computing working with Prof. David Darmofal. My thesis was on stochastic and generative modeling for multiscale chaotic differential equations. I have extensive experience developing and running code on modern high-performance computing architectures for scientific computing applications across academia and industry. My recent and ongoing work includes:
- Generative closure modeling and linearized stability for chaotic systems, presented at SIAM AN 2024 and APS DFD 2025 (arXiv: 2504.09750 [math.NA])
- Physics-informed projection-based reduced-order modeling for multiscale systems, presented at SIAM CSE 2025 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2026.114851)
- Wall-modeled large-eddy simulation for high-speed turbulent flows, presented at APS DFD 2021, AIAA Aviation 2022, and APS DFD 2022 (arXiv: 2307.02725 [physics.flu-dyn])
I earned my master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics with a specialization in Aerospace Computational Engineering from MIT. I completed my master's thesis on assessing wall-modeled large-eddy simulation for high-speed turbulent flows and exploring new modeling strategies. I completed my undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with a minor in Atmospheric Sciences and a concentration in Computational Science and Engineering. I was an undergraduate researcher in the Numerics and Unsteady Flows Group advised by Andres Goza and the Center for Hypersonics & Entry Systems Studies directed by Marco Panesi.
I'm also interested in teaching and mentoring. I have mentored many undergraduate students for various research projects in aerospace engineering and applied mathematics through the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). I have been consistently recognized by MIT AeroAstro for my involvement and leadership in advocacy efforts. I have been recognized for my teaching and leadership at UIUC many times, including by my former students from classes I've developed and instructed.
In my free time, I like staying active (rock climbing, cycling, boxing) and going to live music events with my friends. I also like spending time with my siblings and my cat Finneas.