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I am a visiting assistant professor at Kansas State University. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Tel Aviv University in association with David Mark Kovacs' metaphysical explanation project. I received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and completed a B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Virginia.
I work primarily in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and logic. Currently, I have two primary research agendas:
I defend an extreme form of nominalism according to which abstract objects, including numbers and universals, do not exist. My aim is to show that scientific practice does not require such entities, even though scientific discourse frequently employs mathematics and refers to properties. References to abstracta are ultimately dispensable, and extreme nominalism remains fully compatible with a serious commitment to science.
I explore endurantism and spatial shape in special relativity. Endurantists reject the notion that objects are made up of parts in time in addition to parts in space. I argue that properly interpreted, special relativity poses no threat to objective spatial shapes and favors endurantism over its rivals.
When it comes to teaching, I have a wide range of interests. Recently, I built teaching competencies in the ethics of AI and Buddhist philosophy. I organized a panel (recording here) on data ethics for Kansas State's "AI and the Future" Symposium. I also earned Google's data analytics certificate and collaborated with a senior applied ontologist in industry on data organization projects, giving me a solid technical foundation for AI ethics. Meanwhile, I led an independent study on Classical Indian Philosophy with a special focus on Buddhism and Vedanta.
Other than philosophy, my main interests include strategy games and film.
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