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Education

  • 2021-Present
    PhD Student
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles
    • Advised by Dr. Dan A. Erwin
    • Funded through Advanced Space Fellowship
  • 2021
    Joint M.S. and B.S. in Astronautical Engineering
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles
    • Trustee Scholar (Full tuition, merit based)
    • Rocket Scientist of the Year (Awarded 2021)

Experience

  • 2022-Present
    Associate Astrodynamics and ML Engineer
    Advanced Space LLC, Westminster, Colorado
    • Working on projects involving low-thrust trajectory optimization and applying ML to spacecraft navigation problems
  • Spring 2023
    Student Participant
    NASA JPL Astrophysics Mission Design School, Pasadena, California, US
    • Inaugural astrophysics program
    • Team of 18 PhD's and Postdocs that developed a $1B, probe-class, space-based ultraviolet mission
  • Summer 2020
    Space Systems Engineering Intern
    Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA
    • Worked in the Next-Gen OPIR modeling and simulation group on delta-v budgets and high fidelit perturbation sims
  • Fall 2019
    Technology Scout and Analyst
    Starburst Aerospace, El Segundo, CA
    • Managed scouting database and participated in accelerator acceptance voting

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • USC Viterbi PhD Fellowship
  • 2021
    • Rocket Scientist of the Year (USC Viterbi)
    • Award for Outstanding Innovation in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (USC Viterbi)
  • 2017
    • Trustee Scholarship

Teaching

  • Summer 2023
    Teaching Assistant
    USC
    • SAE541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice
  • Fall 2022
    Teaching Assistant
    USC
    • ASTE589 Solar System Navigation
  • Spring 2022
    Teaching Assistant
    USC
    • ASTE470 Space Mission Design