Teaching Assistant - The University of Maryland
(2024-08 - 2025-07)
Assisting in delivering instructional support, grading assignments, and facilitating classroom activities to enhance student learning and engagement.
- Physics 260: General Physics - Electricity, Magnetism and Thermodynamics
- Physics 261: Vibrations, Waves, Heat, Electricity & Magnetism: Laboratory
- Hold regular office hours to provide individualized support, clarify course material, and assist students with assignments and exam preparation
Quantum Device Measurement, Lab Assistant - Laboratory for Physical Sciences
(2023-07 - 2024-05)
- Testing of superconducting resonators using different doping concentrations of superconducting alloys
- Development of codebase for RF instrumentation and device testing protocols
Qiskit Development Team, Seasonal Employee - Error Corp
(2022-06)
Spearheading the testing and implementation of novel error-robust single-qubit quantum logic gates on IBM Quantum hardware via the cloud-based Qiskit software kit.
- Deepened my programming skills in Python and Linux command line and learned Qiskit through the design and benchmarking of experimental protocols
- Gained valuable industry experience and knowledge regarding quantum optimal control and error correction through investigations of current IBM hardware capabilities and several informative meetings with the start-up company CEO
Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, Member - IBM-HBCU Quantum Center
(2021-08 - 2023-05)
First-of-a-kind cohort-based research collaboration between 23 Historically Black Colleges and Universities to prepare students for careers in quantum computing and provide quantum computing educational resources and support.
- Attend monthly research review meetings with IBM Quantum Center Leadership to discuss progress on research, participate in rotating lightning presentations and collaborate with other Quantum Center students
- Establish connections to the national quantum research community through the development of working relationships with IBM faculty, attending conferences, and submitting publications in Quantum Information Science & Engineering related journals
Quantum Materials Modeling Laboratory, Lab Member - Howard University, IBM-HBCU Quantum Center
(2020-08 - 2023-05)
Mission is to predict, study and understand the electronic structure of new quantum states in novel quantum materials, such as non-magnetic topological insulators, topological magnets, etc.
- Developing an understanding of the connection between the magnetic ordering and topological and superconducting properties of the [MnBi2Te4 + nBi2Te3] and UTe2 materials, respectively, and their relation to quantum hardware technologies
- Probing the mechanical properties and band structure of UTe2 as a function of tensile and compressive strain
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Research Intern - NIST
(2021-05 - 2021-08)
The basis for a 2-year independent research project under the National Institute of Standards and Technology Materials Measurement Laboratory and IBM to develop new models for understanding superconducting materials and their applications.
- Rendered an accurate 3-D model of the crystal Uranium Ditelluride
- Utilized Quantum Espresso to complete DFT-U calculations to gather data on the electronic properties of Uranium and Tellurium systems
Maximizing Student Potential Program (MSP), Research Intern - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(2020-07 - 2020-09)
- Examined photographs taken from the High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Experiment (HiRISE) camera to identify the starting ends of dune fields that appeared analogous to studied terrestrial fields
- Cataloged the complexity of ripple orientation on martian protodunes, as well as shapes, to determine stability or instability in forming dunes as a result of wind
- Suggested that increased wind variability is positive for destabilization in martian protodunes leading to fewer dune formations in these areas
(MSP) Student Mission Development, Research Intern - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(2020-07 - 2020-08)
Assisted in the research and development of a 2-year mock mission to Mars, which was designed to investigate martian wind speeds based on aerosol position and volume.
- Worked with JPL Engineers to study orbital mechanics & determine the necessary orbit for a constellation of 3 satellites
- Modeled a real-time 3-D simulation of three CubeSats orbiting Mars using the Systems Tool Kit (STK) software application
