Conferences & Presentations
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The search for star-planet interactions in exoplanet systems with highly elliptical orbits
Poster session at the 245th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland. (January 2025) – iPoster -
Searching for mode coupling in magnetic bright points
Presentation at the Department of Physics & Astronomy Colloquium, California State University, Northridge. (September 2024) – slides -
The Search for Mode Coupling in the Lower Solar Atmosphere
Presented at Cool Stars 22, University of California, San Diego. (June 2024) - DOI -
The Recent Solar Eclipse and Understanding Mode Coupling in Our Sun
Presentation to the Association of Retired Faculty (ARF), California State University, Northridge. (May 2024) – slides -
Elastic Wave Propagation in Compressed Phononic Crystals
Presented at the Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University. (August 2022) – poster
Research Experience
Solar Physics Researcher
California State University, Northridge
Advisor: Dr. Damian J. Christian
August 2021 – May 2025
- Investigated the coronal heating problem by studying mode coupling in magnetic bright points within the different layers of the Sun.
- Used IDL with bash scripting to derive light curves, calculate frequencies, periods, and estimate energy fluxes to identify potential wave heating mechanisms.
- The paper was published in August 2024 (woo-hoo!)
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University
Advisor: Dr. Andrej Košmrlj
June 2022 – August 2022
- Research in acoustic metamaterials, specifically investigating elastic wave propagation in compressed phononic crystals.
- Collaborated with Princeton graduate students, incorporating Python coding with open source FEniCSx to solve PDEs and gain insight into how elastic waves behave in deforming materials.
- Conclusions led to promising applications in noise reduction and vibrational control.
Research Assistant
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), Caltech
Advisor: Dr. David R. Ciardi
August 2019 - August 2020
- Utilized data from NASA’s TESS Satellite, Palomar, Keck Observatories, and the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) archive, to process images and categorize 150+ TESS Objects of Interest (TOI) candidate stars and exoplanets with high image processing in near-infrared adaptive optics.
- Analyzed stellar data (IDL), calculated star magnitudes, distances, and luminosities.
- Contributed to a better understanding of potential habitable planets and their host stars.
Research Assistant
Palomar Observatory
June 2019
- Collaborated with Caltech astronomers with the 200-inch Hale Telescope to capture imaging of Kepler star systems and exoplanets.
- Captured imaging of individual stars and data analysis from high-quality image processing.
