MDACC UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Houston, TX (Current)

Ph.D. Medical Physics

Dissertation: Colorectal Subsequent Malignant Cancers in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX (2013)

B.S. Physics (Honors: Cum Laude)

Minors: Mathematics, Christian Studies

Programming: MATLAB® (proficient), R programming language (proficient), Python (proficient), RayStation Scripting (proficient)

Software: Pinnacle-Research (beginner), RayStation Treatment Planning System (beginner)

Awards

3rd Place in the John R. Cameron Early-Career Investigator Symposium, (2022, July). American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Top 10 abstracts selected to participate out of 395 submitted abstracts.

Participant in the St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium (NGSS), (2022, March). Top 30 applicants selected to participate out of 2,400 applicants.

3rd Place in Oral Presentation Competition, (2022, April). State of Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society Spring Meeting 2022, College Station, TX

NCI-Sponsored Travel Fellowship, (2020, May – Travel aid cancelled due to Covid19). The International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry, Sitges, Spain

Travel Award, (2017 - 2019). MDACC UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Houston, TX

3rd Runner Up in Poster Competition, (2017, March). Annual Meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Fort Worth, TX (link)

Outstanding Poster Presentation, (2014, March). American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO (link)

Outstanding Achievement in Physics, (2013, April). Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX

1st Place Winner in College of Science and Mathematics Poster Competition, (2013, April). Houston Baptist University 11th Annual Celebration of Scholarship Symposium, Houston, TX (link)

2nd Place Winner in Poster Competition, (2012, August). 3rd Annual NSF REU-RET Research Symposium at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Dean’s List, (2008-2013). Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX

President’s (Freshman Merit) Scholarship, (2008-2012). Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX