Research Assistant

​2016 - present

 

I have been part of multiple research groups in my time at the University of Louisville.  Being new to the field, I made it a point to get as much experience in different fields as I could.  I have been involved with the Atmospheric Science research group (a diverse group of physicists with a range of backgrounds from astrophysics to atmospheric sciences) coding a data analysis program.  The group has multiple avenues of research; but my main area of research was developing a Matlab program to help examine data.  The program I designed, utilizes the Hilbert-Huang Transform for an n-dimensional system.  We used this to analyze DW1 waves and their structures.  My work specifically was designed to familiarize me with both the Matlab system, and the data that the group utilizes.  This was done as a project over the Spring and Summer of 2016.

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In the Autumn of 2016 I joined the High Energy Physics research group. I have been involved with the development of the Mu2e experiment based at Fermilab. For my part in this group, I do research and give reports on many aspects of the experiment design, and I am currently working on a report on the plausibility of such an experiment and the impacts it has on the world. Throughout this work, I am becoming more proficient in Linux, FHiCL (Fermilab's job creation language), and C++.

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During the Summer of 2017 I began working for a professor in the Astronomy department on a project that I am currently turning into a poster and paper to be published.  I have been utilising the MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) algorithm to catalogue M-Type dwarf stars using data from the Hubble Telescope.  This is the continuation of work done by Isabel van Vledder and Dieuwertje van der Vlugt at the University Leiden.  

 

 

Physics Tutor/Teaching Assistant

​2016 - 2017

 

I have worked for five semesters as a tutor and teaching assistant in introductory level physics classes.  Each semester I was assigned to a different class.  My responsibilities included reviewing lecture material, helping students work through problems and examples, planning small group sessions, mediating student interaction, one-on-one tutoring sessions for extra help on homework/course materials, providing an end-of-course study session prior to finals, preparing supplemental lecture material, preparing review/example problems, and helping guide students to correct concepts/skills that will help them succeed in the class.  My aim as a teaching assistant was to provide the students insight beyond that of their instructor, and to use my knowledge to help them through the course.

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As a physics tutor I worked in the Physics Learning Centre, where students were able to drop in for on demand help with homework problems and conceptual questions for any introductory physics course.

 

 

Schwartz Insurance Group

​2014 - 2016

 

Project Manager/Marketing role in a family owned insurance company.  My main role was to create presentations for employers to help them pick the best health benefits for their employees.  This required me to do data analysis (based on employees' health care usage) and create attractive proposals based on the available benefits.  I also helped with website maintenance, in house technical support, and setting up online enrollment websites for employers.  

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Further work experience and references available upon request.