Computational physicist and research facilitator. I am based at NCSA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I develop quantum algorithms for scientific simulation and study how classical and quantum hardware should share the work. I also help researchers and students use HPC, ML, and quantum computing for their domain applications. I have a PhD in physics from Iowa State University, where I worked on electroweak operators in chiral effective field theory.
Experience
- Research Computing & Data Facilitator, NCSA — Feb 2025 – Present
- Computing Sciences Researcher II, University of Arizona — Jul 2023 – Jan 2025
- Research Collaborator, Iowa State University, Sep 2023 – April 2024
- Programmer Writer, AI/ML, AWS — May 2022 – Jun 2023
- Research Assistant, Iowa State University — May 2016 – Apr 2022
Education
- Iowa State University — PhD in Physics, 2022
- BITS Pilani — MS in Physics & BE in Electronics and Communications, 2013
Professional activities
- Qiskit Advocate, IBM Quantum — Sep 2020 – Present
- Reviewer, National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot — Dec 2025 – Present