What was your greatest challenge & how you overcame it?

Covid-19 closing our research lab. I made a big pivot from experimental to computational work.

If you could do it over, what would you do differently?

I would have started writing even earlier!

Describe a break-through moment in your research.

After spending weeks on a geometry problem related to my research, a sudden insight helped me solve the equation. I have since used that equation numerous times through my Ph.D.

Any fun memories?

Biking to Riggs Brewery with my lab mates.

What's next for you in your career?

I'll be working as aerodynamics engineer at Cosmic Aerospace--an electric aviation startup in Centennial, Colorado.