I joined the Department of Atmospheric Sciences in Fall 2021 as an M.S. student. Prior to attending the University of Illinois, I earned my undergraduate degree in atmospheric sciences from The Ohio State University where I also minored in mathematics and theatre. While there, I participated in research projects with both the Department of Geography and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, the latter of which involved installing and maintaining a network of weather sensors across campus to monitor the university's contribution to the urban heat island. I also completed an honors research thesis focusing on the use of GOES satellite data to estimate tornado strength from the size and temperature of overshooting cloud tops. This thesis was a continuation of work that I began through the REU program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Summer 2020.

My current research also relies heavily on satellite observations, using this and radar data to analyze processes associated with the formation of quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) tornadoes. This work is funded as part of the Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) field campaign which took place in 2022 and 2023. As part of this campaign, our research group deployed mobile radars, mobile mesonets, instrumentation pods, and radiosondes to collect data on developing QLCS tornadoes. My role involved assembling and operating our quickly-deployable C-band radar (COW). This data, along with other observations, will be used to develop a more robust understanding of how these storms form and how they can be forecasted more accurately. 

In addition to my research, I'm also involved in several committees here at UIUC including the department's Graduate Ambassador program, the Midwest Student Conference on Atmospheric Research (MSCAR), and the department's DEI Committee. I am also a member of the American Meteorological Society where I serve on the Student Conference Planning Committee, as a student member on the Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF), and as the co-chair in training on the Board on Student Affairs' Specialty Meetings and Events Committee.