Q: What are your physics/science interests?

I am interested in physics at a human scale, especially soft matter and biological physics. I am especially interested phenomena with direct impacts on human life, and I find a lot of grace in how physics and math govern natural patterns.  

Q: What are your other interests?

 Apart from physics, I love being outdoors, playing ultimate frisbee, and practicing crafts of all sorts. I also enjoy making music and recently took up banjo!

Q: What would you like to do after college?

At the moment, I hope to take a year to work and explore after college, then attend graduate school for soft or biological physics, and  hopefully pursue a career in physics research. 

Q: Tell us one strange but interested fact about yourself?

I once wove a willow basket so large I could fit fully inside of it.   

Q: What first sparked your interest in Physics?

In sixth grade, my class took a field trip to a dark sky park, and I fell in love with astronomy. Throughout high school, I learned as much as I could about astrophysics, and planned to study it in college, but once I got to college, I realized what I liked about astrophysics was the math and physics, not the astronomy. Since then, I’ve come to love physics as a structure through which to appreciate the complexity of both exotic and everyday phenomena.  

Q: If you could have any pet, what would it be?

Maybe a black bear? I feel like it would be fun to hang out with, a bit like a giant dog.

Q: If you had a free month and unlimited funds, how would you spend your time?

I would go backpacking in the Atlas Mountains and eat lots of good food.  

Q: If you could get a grant to study anything, what would it be?

I would love to study patterns, from complex crystal structures to the symmetries found in plants or the networks build by fungi, to try to understand where these patterns emerge from and how or if they connect between living and nonliving things.