I received my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso in December 2019. My area of interest is photovoltaics and energy harvesting. During my doctoral studies, I studied organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells. As part of my research, I worked with Dr. Deidra Hodges, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, to fabricate and characterize planar perovskite thin films and perovskite solar cells. In the years following my graduation, I worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Dr. Stephen Kuebler, Professor of Chemistry and Optics, on bioinspired spatially-varying photonic crystals (SVPCs). SVPCs are fabricated by multi-photon lithography (MPL) to support the development of chemical warfare agent (CWA) sensors based on artificial substrates inspired by nanophotonic structures found in nature. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Troy University.