Ph.D. Candidate
UMBC CSEE
Assistant Director for Research Computing
UMBC
Director
UMBC Observatory
Advisor
UMBC Astronomy Club
Vice Chair
USM Council of University System Staff
Computer Scientist. High Performance Computing Professional. Astro/atmospheric-physicist. Public Speaker.
Husband. Dog dad. Cat dad. Biker. Runner. Kayaker.
UMBC, Baltimore, MD USA
Spring 2016
UMBC, Baltimore, MD USA
Spring 2013
Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ USA
Work with university central IT and researchers to ensure research computing infrastructure and services meet the needs of researchers
Work with university central IT and researchers to enact the Cyberinfrastructure Plan of the university
Physically-informed Dimensionality Reduction Routines for Astrophysical Datasets
Manage, maintain, and coordinate all research and public education projects associated with the UMBC Observatory
Work with physics faculty and interested students to develop and execute research endeavors
Host monthly public education events
Advise undergraduate research projects
Provide mentorship and guide officers of the UMBC Astronomy Club to achieve annual goals.
Served as a senator on UMBC Exempt Staff Senate.
2024-2025: Elected and serving as Vice Chair of Council of University System Staff (CUSS) for the University System of Maryland (USM).
2022-2024: Elected and chaired Legislative Affairs and Policy Committee
Work with UMBC faculty and staff to administer and maintain UMBC's research computing infrastructure.
Notably two NSF MRI Clusters: ada & taki
Elected and serving as Chair of Council of University System Staff (CUSS) Committee on Legislative Affairs for the University System of Maryland (USM).
Working to guide committee members through policy decisions and organization of USM Advocacy Day.
Worked with a team of writers and reviewers to develop the science curriculum for the United States Academic Decathlon.
Topics broadly concerned with astronomy and introductory physics.
Work with small team to identify engaging speakers to get nerdy once a month in Hampden, Baltimore
Provided logistics and accounting services for events
Elected and served as President of the UMBC Graduate Student Association (two terms)
Elected and served as Chair of the UMBC University Steering Committee (one term)
Elected and served as President of the University System of Maryland Student Council (one term)
Represented various stakeholders to advisory bodies or boards at UMBC and within the USM
Delivered testimony to MD State Legislature on behalf of stakeholders
Studied dust models endemic to spring-time Southeastern Atlantic Ocean
Studied the effect of dust of varying optical depths on the BRDFs of above-cloud aerosol scenes
Stockon University: Worked with Dr. Yitzhak Sharon to organize team of graders and delivery of course materials for two 250 student classes
UMBC: Worked with various lecturers to preside over undergraduate labs and grade coursework
Developed and delivered informal programming in the Maryland Science Center Davis Planetarium
Work with physics faculty to develop and execute demonstrations of various phenomena
Set-up physics labs
Work with various grocery store departments to ensure proper procedure
Provided accounting services
Comfortable speaking to large crowds on technical subjects
Experience in shared governance and as UMBC Observatory Director
Python, BASH, C, Fortran90, Java, Others by request
(LaTeX, HTML)
Algebra, Trig, Calculus, Linear Algebra, DiffEq
Atmospheric Radiative Transfer, Dynamics
Optical Observational Astronomy
Celestial Mechanics, Stellar Physics, Planetary Science
Electricity & Magnetism, Optics
Mechanics, Statistical Physics, Thermodynamics
UNIX Systems Administration
SLURM
High Performance Computing
Cluster Management, Monitoring
NFS, XFS, ZFS
Physics, Computer Science, and Mathematics for Higher Education
Higher Education, Public Transit, Baltimore City, Student/Staff Advocacy, LGBTQIA+ Rights
Complaining about infrastructure (while biking), Kayaking, (Urban) Hiking, Road Trippen
Spending time with husband and dog in or around Baltimore, MD or Whatcom County, WA.
Searching for the perfect pisco sour
Ich kann Deutsch sprechen ... oder ich möchte dass sagen.
Anything MCU and LoTR :)