ABOUT ME
Born and raised in Austin, TX, a city whose unofficial slogan is Keep Austin Weird, I have always been fond the path less taken. My childhood embodied a wanderlust, which has led to my constant drive to explore the area I live, along with a love for travel. This has also led to my love of local eateries and culture wherever I travel. After graduating from High School, I moved to Arlington, TX (inside DFW) for undergrad. During this time, I had the pleasure of becoming very active in our local Society of Physics Students chapter, which lead to a deep desire to become involved in my local community through outreach and service. Additionally, during this time, I got the opportunity to work as an undergraduate space physics researcher, which instilled a deep passion for research.
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After finishing my Bachelor's degree, I moved to New Hampshire to work at the University of New Hampshire as graduate student, working as a graduate research assistant. After two years enjoying the beauty of the White Mountains and exploring the coasts of Maine, I returned to Texas to finish my Ph.D. at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This allowed me the unique opportunity to work hands on with space flight calibration, along with the chance to further explore the Texas Hill Country and show the beauties of Texas to my wife, Sarah. Additionally, while at UTSA I had the honor of being elected student representative for the Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) workshop, part of NSF, as well as lead our department writing group and serve as an officer in the local Graduate Society of Physics Students.
After graduating with my Ph.D. from SwRI/UTSA in May 2017, I begun conducting research as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and living in Baltimore, MD. In 2019 I was converted to Senior Professional Staff position at JHU/APL and research included investigating energetic ion populations and electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves at the magnetospheres of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn as well as studying stream interaction regions and coronal mass ejections with ACE, Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, and STEREO. During this time I was also a member on multiple instrument teams including the Parker Solar Probe SWEAP and ISOIS teams, the ACE ULEIS team, Cassini MIMI team, and the New Horizons PEPSSI team. Additionally, I served as an integral member of the Parker Solar Probe Project Science Team and as the Instrument Scientist for the Solar Orbiter Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph instrument. During this time, I also had the unique opportunity to lead the InterMeso mission concept study for NASA, aiming at investigating the unexplored mesoscale structures and variability in the Solar Wind.
In 2024, Sarah and I moved back to Texas and accepted Lead Scientist positions at SwRI. Currently, I'm continuing in my role as Instrument Scientist for the Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph sensor on Solar Orbiter, studying energetic particles throughout the heliosphere, and am actively engaged in professional service.
