Hello, world!
Welcome to my personal webpage! I am an NSF GRFP fellow and fourth-year PhD student at the University of Michigan pursuing a joint doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and Scientific Computing.
As a member of the UMich Uncertainty Quantification & Scientific Machine Learning Group, my research focuses on uncertainty quantification for scientific and engineering applications. Specifically, I am interested in accelerating computationally expensive problems such as Bayesian optimal experimental design (OED) via novel multi-fidelity methods. Through this work I have made several developments in topics such as Bayesian inference of covariance matrices, Bayesian optimization with noisy targets, and multi-fidelity stochastic optimization.
In addition, I have considerable experience working with experimentalists in solar panel materials discovery and battery modeling applications, where I have applied Machine Learning and OED methods to aid the experimentalists in characterizing existing data and designing new experiments.
I take great joy in learning across disciplines and solving difficult engineering problems via pragmatic decision making. Please do not hesitate to reach out for questions and collaborations!
Personal Interests

Powerlifting
Outside of school and research, I spend most of my free time training for powerlifting competitions. As part of the University of Michigan Powerlifting team, I represented UMich in the 75kg class at Collegiate Nationals in Lombard, Illinois in 2022. In addition, I coach a handful of athletes and enjoy learning about the science of drug-free strength and fitness in general. My competition bests are a 232.5kg (513lb) squat, 145kg (319lb) bench press, and a 280kg (617lb) deadlift.
Ornithology
Thanks to my friend Henry Stevens (Ph.D. student at Georgetown), birdwatching has become a fun hobby for me. In addition to being a great excuse to for a weekend trip to the outdoors, I have a couple hundred species of birds on my life list! Shown are a pair of Osprey found in Sanibel, Florida.