Curriculum Vitae

Research Experience

Aug 2020 - Present Doctoral Candidate Researcher, Congreve Lab, Advisor: Daniel Congreve

Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Sept 2019 - July 2020 Rotating Doctoral Student Researcher, Pop Lab, Advisor: Eric Pop

Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

May 2017 - May 2019 Undergraduate Student Researcher, Silicon-Germanium Devices and Circuits Team, Advisor: John Cressler

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jan 2017 - May 2017 Undergraduate Student Researcher, Digital Signal Processing of the Voice, Advisor: David Anderson

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Nov 2015 - Oct 2016 Undergraduate Student Researcher, Sustainable Thermal Energy Engineering Lab, Advisor: Shannon Yee

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Fellowships and Scholarships

2023     $140,000 Stanford Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship

2022     $264,000 U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy IBUILD Graduate Research Fellowship

One of eight nationally, First Stanford student to win fellowship

2022 Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship, Alternate

2022 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Alternate

2021 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Honorable Mention

2020     $5,000 Cadence Latinx Student in Technology Scholarship, One of eight nationally

2019 Sole College of Engineering Gay and Erskine Love Family Foundation Scholarship Finalist,

Given to the Georgia Tech Engineering Undergraduate with the Best Scholastic Record, One from 3000

2019   $300,000 P. Michael Farmwald Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering

2019 Princeton University Gordon Y.S. Wu Graduate Fellowship in Engineering (Declined)

2019 UC Berkeley Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship in Engineering (Declined)

2019 UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Excellence Award (Declined)

2019 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign SURGE Graduate Fellowship (Declined)

2018     $20,000 GEM Ph.D. Engineering Fellowship

2018     $2,000 Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship

2015     $40,000 Zell Miller Scholarship

Honors and Awards

2024 WiscProf Future Faculty in Engineering Program Participant

Hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering

2024 Northwestern University Materials Science and Engineering Future Leaders Program

One of ten members of the 2024 Future Leaders Program Cohort

2023 1st Place Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Invited Presentation

2023 3rd Place Duke Engineering Faculty Candidate DEFINE Presentation

2023 Duke Engineering Future Faculty of Innovation and Excellence Program Participant

2023 NextProf Nexus Future Faculty Program Participant, Hosted by the Colleges of 

  Engineering at UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, and University of Michigan

2022 ACS Nano Letters Seed Grant Program North America Region, Finalist/Runner-Up

One of four finalists in North America, First Stanford student to be named finalist

2019       $500 Georgia Institute of Technology Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award

2019       $250 Georgia Institute of Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Research Award, One from 300

2019       $300 Georgia Institute of Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Scholar Award

2019 Georgia Institute of Technology Graduating Senior Gold Tower Award

2019 Georgia Institute of Technology School of Mathematics Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award

2018 Stanford Exposure to Research and Graduate Education (SERGE) Participant

2018 UIUC Multicultural Engineering Recruitment for Graduate Education (MERGE) Participant

2018     $1,000 Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Junior Scholar Award, One from 300

2018 Georgia Institute of Technology Senior Gold Sustained Award

2017 Georgia Institute of Technology School of Mathematics Outstanding Student Evaluations Award

2016 Georgia Institute of Technology Gold Tower Award

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative Funding Awards

2023     $5,000 Stanford School of Engineering Request for Funding Award for SERIO

2023     $3,000 Department of Computer Science Diversity Fund Award for SERIO

2023     $2,000 2023 - 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Funds Award for SERIS

2023     $6,500 Stanford School of Engineering Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative Funding Award for SERIO

2023       $500 Haas Center for Public Service Fund Award for SERIO

2022     $1,100 ASSU Graduate Student Council and Undergraduate Senate Fund Award for SERIO

2022     $2,000 Department of Electrical Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIO

2022     $2,000 Department of Computer Science Diversity Fund Award for SERIO

2022     $2,000 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIO

2022     $3,000 2022 - 2023 Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Funds Award for SERIS

2021       $750 Department of Chemical Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIS

2021     $1,500 Department of Computer Science Diversity Fund Award for SERIS

2021     $1,500 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIS

2021     $1,500 Department of Electrical Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIS

2021     $2,500 2021 - 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Funds Award for SERIS

Invited Talks and Lectures

[1] Northwestern University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, June 2024, Virtual

"Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and More Efficient World"

[2] University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2024, Madison, WI.

"Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and More Efficient World"

[3] Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2024, Oak Ridge, TN.

"Trade-off Between Efficiency and Stability in Mn2+-Doped Perovskite LEDs"

[4] Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, November 2023, Virtual. - 1st Place

"Trade-off Between Efficiency and Stability in Mn2+-Doped Perovskite LEDs"

[5] Duke University, Pratt School of Engineering, October 2023, Durham, NC. - 3rd Place

"Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and More Efficient World"

[6] U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office Peer Review, April 2023, Arlington, VA.

"Trade-off Between Efficiency and Stability in Mn2+-Doped Perovskite LEDs"

[7] Georgia Institute of Technology, Cutting-Edge Engineering Seminar, April 2023, Atlanta, GA.

Industry Experience

June 2019 - Sept 2019 Concept & Feasibility Dielectric Etch Engineering Intern, Lam Research Corporation | Fremont, CA

May 2017 - Aug 2017 Upstream Instrumentation and Controls Engineering Intern, ExxonMobil Corporation | Houston, TX

May 2016 - Aug 2016 Engineering Leadership Development Program Intern, Siemens Industry Inc. | Alpharetta, GA