Academic
I am a physics PhD student at Stanford University working on the DMRadio experiment in the group of Prof. Kent Irwin. DMRadio is a resonant dark matter detector searching for axions. As such, my interests primarily lie in beyond-the-standard-model physics but also in quantum sensors. I am currently working on conceptual and practical designs of future experiments like DMRadio-m3 and DMRadio-GUT as well as comissioning DMRadio-50L. These experiments will search for axions that are motivated by pre-inflationary symmetry breaking scales. During my time at Stanford, I also spent some time at the Stanford Insitute for Theoretical Physics working on more phenomenological projects with Prof. Savas Dimopoulos.
As of September 2026, I will be a Yale Quantum Institute fellow at Yale University working in the lab of Prof. Konrad Lehnert on quantum devices that can enable and enhance searches for new physics.
I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in Physics. My research mostly focused on dark matter axion physics as I worked with Prof. Karl van Bibber and was a member of the HAYSTAC collaboration.
Personal
Apart from physics, most of my other interests lie in the German and Scandinavian arts, languages, and cultures. I particularly enjoy German music from the romantic period, especially works by Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, and Richard Strauss, and also by the contemporary composer Jörg Widmann. I also deeply love the literary works of Thomas Mann, especially his novel The Magic Mountain.
I spend a lot of my time playing the piano. I had the privilege of studying with Professor Vinia Tsopela for several years who heavily influenced my appreciation for music. Here's a video of a fellow grad student and me playing the second movement of G. Enescu's Violin Sonata No. 3.