For a short bio, see my people page at LLNL.

Professional Experience
	Research Scientist, Astronomy and Astrophysics Analytics Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2022 -- current Adjunct Professor, Georgia State University, 2022 -- current Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, 2017 -- 2022 Postdoctoral researcher (ERC post-doc), Astrophysics Group, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, 2013 -- 2017 Postdoctoral researcher (FOM/NWO fellowship), Computational Plasma Physics -- High Temperature Group, FOM Institute DIFFER (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research), Nieuwegein, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2012 -- 2013 Postdoctoral researcher, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, IPP Tokamak Division), joint appointment with the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Garching bei Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany, 2009 -- 2011 Undergraduate/Graduate Summer Research Student, Theory Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

Education
	2009 Ph.D. Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Fusion Studies, Austin, Texas, USA 2004 M.A. Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey, USA 2001 B.S. Mathematics with distinction, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, USA

Research Interests
	Turbulence: closure theory, Lagrangian statisics, dispersion, magnetohydrodynamics Stellar physics: rapid rotation, binary effects, stellar evolution, magnetohydrodynamic convection and turbulence in stratified environments High-energy astrophysics: cosmic rays and turbulence Fusion: MHD stability, magnetic reconnection (tearing mode stability), trapped particle stability, energetic particles, tokamaks, tandem mirrors Computational plasma physics: pseudo-spectral methods, finite element methods, finite volume methods, massively-parallel high-performance computing, visualization of large data-sets