I am a 4th year PhD student in the Applied Math Program at the University of Arizona. I work in Soliton Theory where my goal is to develop a kinetic theory of MKDV solitons under the advisement of Dr. Vladimir Zakharov. Thus far, I've derived the focusing and defocusing MKDV equations and derived 1- and 2-soliton solutions using the Dressing Method.

I also work on computing marginal probabilities of graphical models of infection for covid modeling under the advisement of Dr. Misha Chertkov. We seek to determine the probability that a census tract becomes infected given the average number of people traveling in and out of each census tract.

Current Research Interests:

• Statistical Mechanics

• Integrable Systems

• Machine Learning

• Stochastic Optimization

• High Performance Computing

• Graphical Models

• PDEs and ODEs

Non-Academic Interests:

• Languages (I speak English and French. I have knowledge of Afrikaans, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, and Hebrew)

• Chess

• Guitar

• Hiking

• Backpacking

• Gym

• Swimming

• Traveling