About Me

I'm a staff scientist at the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where I research how light and nanophotonics can be used to control nanoparticle and nanomaterial systems, with a particular interest in photocatalysts and plasmonics. In addition to my research, I collaborate with Molecular Foundry users with electron microscopy and spectroscopy characterization to advance their research. I specialize in optically-coupled transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and low loss monochromated electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), which enables characterization of heterogeneous optical properties at the nanoscale. I also develop data-driven and machine learning techniques to interpret the large and multidimensional datasets that come from spectral imaging and in situ TEM experiments.  

 As part of the National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM), I am primarily responsible for the Spectre (incoming 2026), a multimodal probe-corrected STEM for atomic-scale imaging and spectroscopy with additional capabilities for optical injection and collection. 

Brief CV

2024 - present      Staff Scientist, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2022-2024              Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2021-2022              Postdoctoral Researcher, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2014-2021               Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Stanford University

2010-2014               B.S in Physics, B.A. in Mathematics, Rutgers University