Appointments
Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science
Washington, D.C.
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Mentors: Alexander Goncharov,
Michael Walter
2022 – current
Education
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Ph.D. – Geophysics
Advisor: Jennifer M. Jackson
Thesis: Exploring Earth’s core-mantle boundary with multi-technique approaches
M.S. – Geophysics
(Minor: Environmental Science)
2022
2018
Yale University
New Haven, CT
B.S. – Physics, Intensive
Advisor: Kanani K. M. Lee
Thesis: Melting behavior of pyroxenite in the lower mantle
2016
National Research Facilities
Principal Investigator, General User Proposal #74384:
High-pressure melting investigations of Fe-Ni-Si,
Sector 13-ID-D, Advanced Photon Source (Illinois, USA)
2021 – current
Principal Investigator, General User Proposal #69989:
High-pressure melting investigations of Fe and Fe-Ni-Si,
Sector 3-ID-B, Advanced Photon Source (Illinois, USA)
2020 – 2022
Principal Investigator, General User Proposal #58399:
Melting investigations of Fe-Ni-Si at high-pressure,
Sector 3-ID-B, Advanced Photon Source (Illinois, USA)
2018 – 2020
User, Powder X-ray Diffraction:
Sector 12-2-2, Advanced Light Source (California, USA)
2016 – 2021
User, Dual Beam SEM/FIB Microscope:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (New York, USA)
2015 – 2016
User, Neptune MC-ICPMS mass spectrometer:
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Florida, USA)
2014
Skills
Diamond anvil cell (DAC) preparation and sample recovery; laser heating experiments and optics alignments; powder x-ray diffraction (XRD); time-domain synchrotron Mössbauer spectroscopy (SMS); nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (NRIXS); focused ion beam (FIB) milling; scanning electron microscopy (SEM); electron microprobe analysis (EMPA); data analysis software development in MATLAB
Teaching
Student, Principles of University Teaching and Learning in STEM
Winter 2021
Teaching Assistant, Applied Geophysics Seminar
and Field Course
Canceled Spring 2020, Canceled Spring 2021
Teaching Assistant, Mineral Physics
Winter 2019
Teaching Assistant, Earth and Environment
Spring 2018
Coursework
Geophysics:
Introduction to Geology and Geochemistry, Continuum Mechanics of Fluids and Solids, Plate Tectonics, Applied Geophysics Seminar and Field Course, Seismology, Mineral Physics, Planetary Structure and Evolution, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Special Topics: Venus, Regional Field Geology of the Southwestern US
Environmental Science:
Atmosphere Dynamics, Earth’s Atmosphere, Earth’s Biogeochemical Cycles, Tropical Atmosphere Dynamics, Cloud and Boundary Layer Dynamics
Foreign Language:
Introduction to Chinese (3 terms), Intermediate Chinese (3 terms)
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