I am a third year graduate student at Virginia Tech. My advisor is Prof. Gretchen Matthews. I am a member of the Applied Algebra Research Group (AARG). Actively involved with events hosted by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) and am a CCI Innovation Scholar. 

Main research areas/interests:

• Coding theory: Adversarial network coding/Quantum codes/Algebraic Geometric Codes

• Quantum Computing: Quantum algorithms for NP hard problems

• Post-quantum cryptography

I am a graduate mathematics ambassador for the VT Department of Mathematics: math.vt.edu/grad-math/grad-ambassors.html 

I am a co-organizer of the Postgraduate International Coding Theory Seminar (PICS) (jointly with Giuseppe Cotardo, Anina Gruica and Benjamin Jany).

I am co-creater and co-organizer (jointly with Anayse Miller) of the Virginia Tech Math Graduate Student Seminar (VTMGSS). 

I was selected as the 2024 Outstanding Masters Student of the Virginia Tech College of Science. 

Starting April 2024, I will be the Graduate Professional and Student (GPSS) Senate Director of Programs for 2024-2025.

I received Honorable Mention in the 2024 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) competition. List here. 

I am a Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy Scholar.