Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA USA
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Doctor of Philosophy, Geophysics, June 2017
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Master of Science, Geophysics, June 2015
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA USA
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Bachelor of Science, Geology (summa cum laude), June 2012
University of California, Irvine (UCI), CA USA
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Undergraduate studies, Earth Science, Campuswide Honors Program, 2008 - 2010
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Computational Geochemist, Terramera, Sept 2021 - present
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Investigating the behavior of soil organic carbon with ab initio modeling
Postdoctoral Researcher, ENS Lyon, CNRS, Nov 2017 - Aug 2021
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Modeling the behavior of volatiles in the Early Earth's global magma ocean
Postdoctoral Researcher, Caltech, Jun - Nov 2017
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Synchrotron diamond-anvil cell experiments on high-pressure polymorphs of ferrosilite
Graduate Research Assistant, Caltech, 2012 - 2017
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Synchrotron diamond-anvil cell experiments on iron-bearing lower mantle phases
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Density functional theory calculations of high-pressure iron-bearing carbonates
Division Analytical Facility Assistant, Caltech, 2015 - 2017
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Assisted users with the scanning electron microscope and electron microprobe
Undergraduate Research Assistant, UCLA, 2010 - 2012
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Density functional theory calculations of carbonates and silicate perovksites
Laboratory Assistant, Thermoluminescence Laboratory, UCLA, Summer 2011
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Infrared stimulated luminescence measurements on quartz and feldspar grains
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
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Mineral Physics II, October 2020
Adjunct Professorship at Occidental College
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Earth Materials Lecture, Fall 2015
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Earth Materials Laboratory, Fall 2015
Teaching Assistantships at Caltech
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Mineralogy Lecture and Physical Laboratory, Fall 2016
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Mineral Physics, Winter 2016
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Spectroscopy of Minerals, Spring 2014
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Analytical Techniques Laboratory, Winter 2013
Tutorial Leader Position at The Learning Academic Resource Center at UCI
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Calculus, Fall 2009
ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
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Electron microprobe analysis (EMPA)
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Vibrational spectroscopy (IR/Raman)
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Laser-heated diamond anvil cell experiments (LH-DAC)
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Nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (NRIXS)
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Time-domain synchrotron Mössbauer spectroscopy (SMS)
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Single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD)
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
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Density functional theory (ABINIT, QE, VASP, GAUSSIAN, SPARTAN)
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Molecular dynamics simulations (VASP, QE)
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Atomistic simulations based on force fields (GULP)
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Phonon calculations (PHONOPY)
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Structure search with particle swarm optimization (CALYPSO)
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Structure search with Darwinian evolution (USPEX)
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Post-processing and data analysis (Python)