I am a graduate student at the Princeton University Physics Department, researching fundamental particles and their interactions with the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

Current Research

My research focuses on a search for theorized, new decays of the Standard Model Higgs Boson, as well as detector upgrades in anticipation of the start of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, which is slated to increase the instantaneous luminosity (proportional to number of particle collisions per second) by a factor of up to 5 to 7.5. More specifically, I work with the Level 1 Trigger, which filters data in real-time at the CMS experiment and is implemented in custom hardware.

My research is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Other Activities

With the Princeton Women in Physics (WiP) group, fellow organizers and I have organized professional development and community-building events such as a bi-annual “What is Grad School” workshop series with the Princeton Undergraduate Womxn in Physics group. In May 2021, WiP collaborated with UWiP and Princeton Women in Plasma Physics on a virtual Reunions “Alumnae in Physics” talk and social event that brought together over 80 alumni and current students. More information about WiP can be found at the WiP Twitter.