Research Experience

  • Investigating the CO2 Forcing Thresholds Needed to Deglaciate the Paleoproterozoic “Hard” Snowball Earth
    Date: August 2022-Present
    Advisor: Dr. Linda Sohl, Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman
    • Utilized the Resolving Orbital and Climate Keys of Earth and Extraterrestrial Environments with Dynamics (ROCKE-3D) Global Climate Model (GCM) to model the Paleoproterozoic "Hard" Snowball with CO2 concentrations ranging from 500ppm-300,000ppm.
    • Exploring the critical CO2 levels needed to deglaciate the "hard" Snowball Earth
  • Comparative Analysis of Obliquity-Driven Changes in the Martian Atmosphere
    Date: August 2020-August 2021
    Advisor: Dr. Scott Guzewich, Dr. Konstantinos Tsigaridis
    • Utilized the Resolving Orbital and Climate Keys of Earth and Extraterrestrial Environments with Dynamics (ROCKE-3D) Global Climate Model (GCM) to simulate the modern Martian atmosphere configuration at obliquities ranging from 0°-35°
    • Analyzed how changes in obliquity influenced the dust transport and removal processes on Mars
    • Analyzed how changes in obliquity impacted water exchange processes through Mars’s polar ice caps
  • Understanding Space Weather through Model Validation
    Date: May 2020-August 2020
    Advisor: Dr. Dimitrios Vassiliadis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • Conducted statistical analysis for model validation with regards to a space weather event
    • Conducted graphical analysis for magnetospheric models in the model validation study
  • Revisiting Early Earth's Methanogen Biosphere
    Date: March 2018-July 2019
    Advisor: Dr. Giada Arney, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    • Utilized 1-D Photochemical Climate Simulator (Atmos) to simulate photochemistry and climatic profiles of various methane fluxes in Early Earth's atmosphere
    • Plotted various methane mixing ratios of abundant atmospheric molecules in Early Earth's atmosphere
    • Utilized SMART to generate spectra from the ATMOS simulation outputs to represent self-consistent synthesis of planetary processes from the biosphere, to the atmosphere, to the telescope
  • Radio Observations of M-Dwarf Space Weather
    Date: Summer 2017
    Advisor: Dr. Jackie Villadsen, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
    • Utilized CASA to clean RFI in radio data of M-Dwarf star CN Leo in the 8-12 GHz (X-BAND) frequency
    • Plotted X-Band radio circular polarizations and brightness temperature to determine space weather conditions such as non-thermal gyrosyncrotron emission mechanisms, cyclotron maser emission, or detection of Coronal Mass Ejections
  • How Microgravity Impacts Immune and Cancer Cell Development
    Date: 2016-2017
    Advisor: Dr. Hirendranath Bannerjee, Elizabeth City State University
    • Suspended immune and cancer cells in microgravity chamber to simulate free fall effect in 48-96 hour cycles
    • Ran cell death assays on immune and cancer cells at the conclusion of each cycle
  • How Dense Gases Contributed to Star Formation in Starburst Galaxy NGC 2146
    Date: Summer 2016
    Advisor: Dr. Amanda Kepley, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
    • Compared the amount of HCN and CO gases produced by starburst galaxy NGC 2146 to other Luminous Infrared Galaxies
  • Effects of Antimalarial Drugs on Chick Embryonic Development
    Date: 2014-2016
    Advisor: Dr. Gloria Payne, Elizabeth City State University
    • Chick embryos were injected 3x throughout their development with antimalarial drugs Chloroquine and Pyrimethamine to simulate dosages that human embryos would receive when treating a pregnant patient
    • Embryos were allowed to develop until day 10 and then sacrificed to study the morphological impact caused