about
driven by velocity, in every sense.
i'm a motivated rising junior studying Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton, drawn to the intersection of technology, physics, and the ambition to push the limits of what's possible. whether it's harnessing light at the femtosecond scale or optimizing airflow around a rocket or airfoil, i'm interested in the science of extremes.
as of late
this summer i'm deep in research with ultrafast lasers -- which, even after a month in the lab, still feels like dystopian science fiction. i'm working with professor julia mikhailova and mentor arunava das on the compression of strong-field pulses with hollow-core fibers and demonstrating their use in writing and reading data in nitrogen-vacancy centers within diamond lattice, a quasi-classical window into quantum optics i never imagined to find myself in.
our work builds off the achievements and discoveries of the likes of Ferenc Krauz, Pierre Agostini, Paul Corkum, and Anne L'Huillier.
how i got here
flipping through the pages of the national geographic kids magazine in the winter of 2012, six year-old me was flabbergasted by visuals of the curiosity rover landing scrawled across the pages in vivid detail. i told myself, "i'm gonna do that someday."
thus my love for space was born.
as my eyes were opened to the limitless disciplines within mechanical & aerospace engineering after freshman year of college, i began (and still continue) to seek experiences in as many fields as i could, through extracurriculars and research.
in my free time, i'm . . .
