I am a graduate student in the University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy working towards a PhD in medical physics, having recently completed an MS in the UNM Medical Physics Graduate Program. The UNM Medical Physics program is a joint program between the Department of Radiology and the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering.

While my interest in medical physics covers a broad spectrum of topics, I am particularly interested in particle therapy and real-time adaptive radiotherapy techniques. My current research is on the use of antiprotons and other charged hardons in radiation therapy. I work with the UNM Particle Therapy Group, which includes Michael Holzscheiter (Physics and Astronomy), Shuang (Sean) Luan (Computer Science), and Adam Hecht (Chemical and Nuclear Engineering). Our antiproton work is part of the AD-4/ACE collaboration, with experiments performed at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator.

I previously completed an MS in Physics in the UNM Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. During that time, I performed research in quantum simulation, quantum measurement and control, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

I am also interested in many other aspects of physics, quantum information processing, biological systems, computer science, and information design. Prior to coming to UNM, I conducted research in high energy physics, chaos, and signal/image processing.

For the 2005 - 2006 academic year, I was an NSF GK-12 Fellow.

I received a BS in Physics from Rice University in Houston, TX.

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