I completed two undergraduate degrees at the University of Oregon: theatre arts (2010) and physics (2017). My minors included business (2010), Spanish (2010), and math (2017).

Physics, astronomy, and planetary science

I love doing science because every project comes with fascinating history, new subject matter to study and understand before communicating it to an audience, novel creative challenges, intense collaboration and teamwork, and a lot of joy. Science is an endeavor that’s always evolving and never completed that seeks to reveal something fundamental about the human experience and our place in the universe.

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During my physics degree, I was able to take courses in science communication, volunteer at the Pine Mountain Observatory as a star party/open house guide, and participate in undergraduate research. Here I include some summaries/writeups.

Flux ratio detection of global thin cirrus clouds (research at UO with Greg Bothun, 2016-2017) – poster

Delineating the Migrating Solar and Lunar Semidiurnal Atmospheric Tides in the General Circulation Models (LASP/CU Boulder REU 2016, with Astrid Maute) – poster

Searching for simpler models of astrophysical pattern formation (Northwestern University CIERA REU 2015, with Daniel Abrams) – poster – draft now on arXiv (10 years hence!) after expansion within the Abrams group

While doing my physics degree, I also worked part time as a university staff member in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Through that work, in 2013 I co-organized the Center for the Study of Women in Society’s 40th anniversary celebration, which included a feminist science fiction conference.