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<h1>I am</h1>
<h2>a Research Scientist <br>
</h2>
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<p>
... at the <a href="http://wisc.edu/">University of
Wisconsin-Madison</a> in the <a
href="http://cnerg.github.io/">Computational Nuclear Engineering
Research Group</a>.
I am funded by the NNSA <a
href="http://cvt.engin.umich.edu/">
Consortium for Verification Technology</a>.
<h2>Currently</h2>
<p>
... I am developing a model to compare the relative risk of
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_material">nuclear
material</a> diversion in different fuel cycles using the
<a href="http://fuelcycle.org/"> CYCLUS</a>
nuclear fuel cycle simulator.
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<h2>My research interest</h2>
<p>...
is at the interface between
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_policy">
science and policy</a>. I seek to
provide technical analysis of policy-relevant issues, such
as creating a safe, emissions-free, sustainable nuclear fuel
cycle with minimal risk of <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_proliferation">
nuclear proliferation</a>.
</p>
<h2>My Ph.D.</h2>
<p>... in
<a href="http://www.physics.wisc.edu/">experimental plasma physics</a>
was received in 2013 from the <a
href="http://wisc.edu/">University of Wisconsin-Madison</a>.
There, I worked with
<a href="https://www.physics.wisc.edu/people/daniel-jdenhartog">Daniel den Hartog</a>
and <a href="http://paolo.franz.net/MST/mst_sxr.htm"> Paolo Franz</a>
on the <a href="http://plasma.physics.wisc.edu/viewpage.php?id=mst"> Madison Symmetric Torus</a> to develop a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray"> soft x-ray</a> tomography
and double-filter diagnostic. I used this diagnostic to study the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_confinement_fusion">
magnetic confinement</a> and the electron temperature structure of high-current
plasmas on MST. After completing my PhD, I spent one
year as a postdoc at MST characterizing the
<a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/0741-3335/56/12/125018">effects of
impurities</a> on the x-ray
transmission properties of beryllium foils.
</p>
<h2>My policy experience </h2>
<p> ... began at an International <a href="http://www.summersymposium.org">Summer Symposium</a>
for Science and World Affairs hosted by the <a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/">Union of Concerned Scientists</a>,
where I was introduced to the field of international security policy. Since
that time, I have participated in two additional symposia, presenting original
research in collaboration with
<a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/about/staff/staff/laura-grego.html#.VH-TSoW7lXo">Dr. Laura Grego</a>
on the feasibility of developing a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed-energy_weapon">high-powered microwave weapon</a>
for use as an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon">anti-satellite</a> weapon in space.
I have also written a white paper in collaboration with the
<a href="http://www.nrdc.org/">Natural Resources Defense Council</a> that examines the
recent progress of the <a href="https://lasers.llnl.gov/">
National Ignition Facility</a> and the likelihood
that it, as the most expensive attempt at
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion"> inertial confinement fusion</a>,
will achieve ignition. Most recently, I presented my research at the 61st
<a href="http://pugwash.org/">Pugwash </a> Conference on Science and World Affairs as a member of
<a href="http://isyp.org/"> International Student Young Pugwash</a>.
</p>
<h2>My undergraduate degree</h2>
<p>
...is in physics and astrophysics from the
<a href="http://physics.berkeley.edu">University of California, Berkeley.</a>
While at Berkeley, I used my Cal Space Summer Fellowship
to look for optical signals from aliens in the
<a href="http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/"> SETI</a> group. I also spent one summer
in the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/"> REU</a>
astronomy program at the <a href="http://manoa.hawaii.edu/">
University of Hawaii</a> at Manoa,
where I used spectral modeling to determine galactic redshifts.
<h2>My research experience</h2>
<p>
... also includes three years as a data analyst for the
Science Mission Planning group at the
<a href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/"> Chandra X-ray
Observatory.</a> As a mission planner, I scheduled
observations and wrote code in <a href="https://www.perl.org/">
Perl</a> to maintain related
websites and databases. I also researched the observational
properties of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalous_X-ray_pulsar">
Anomalous X-ray Pulsars.</a> You can learn more about my hodgepodge
assortment of previous work on my
<a href="./cvita/cvita.pdf">CV.</a>
</p>
<h2>I can be contacted</h2>
<p>
... <a href="mailto:[email protected]">via email</a> or in
my office</a> at 437 Engineering Research Building.
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