research

Conferences & Presentations

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)
Searching for mode coupling in magnetic bright points
Presentation at the Department of Physics & Astronomy Colloquium, California State University, Northridge. (September 2024)
The Search for Mode Coupling in the Lower Solar Atmosphere
Presented at Cool Stars 22, University of California, San Diego. (June 2024)
The Recent Solar Eclipse and Understanding Mode Coupling in Our Sun
Presentation for the Association of Retired Faculty (ARF), California State University, Northridge. (May 2024)
Elastic Wave Propagation in Compressed Phononic Crystals
Presented at the Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University. (August 2022)

University of California, San Diego
Advisor: Dr. Christopher A. Theissen
September 2025 – Present

Currently, my research has focused on planetary occurrence rates of transiting Earth/Super-Earths around low mass stars, using their light curves to test the accuracy of their orbital periods and in the hopes of finding new planets!

California State University, Northridge
Advisor: Dr. Damian J. Christian
August 2021 – May 2025

I investigated the coronal heating issue by studying mode coupling in magnetic bright points within the different layers of the Sun to better understand how energy is transported to heat the chromosphere and the overall energy budget.

Transition Region

Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University
Advisor: Dr. Andrej Košmrlj
June 2022 – August 2022

At the Center for Complex Materials (PCCM), I participated in work involving Acoustic Metamate- rials. I looked into elastic wave propagation in compressed phononic crystals, and how they behaved in deforming materials.

Acoustic

Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), Caltech
Advisor: Dr. David R. Ciardi
August 2019 - August 2020

Using data from NASA’s TESS Satellite, Palomar, and Keck Observatories, I categorized 150+ TESS Objects of Interest (TOI) stars with exoplanets alongside high-resolution image processing with near-infrared adaptive optics.

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NExScI

Palomar Observatory
June 2019

Collaborated with Caltech astronomers imaging star systems with candidate exoplanets using the 200-inch Hale Telescope

Palomar