Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)
Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2023-24)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23)
2023-24:
- Competed in one meet finishing 46th in the Mile at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic
2022-23:
- Did not compete in a meet
2021-22:
- Did not compete in a meet
2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Singing Christmas carols (in April) with my teammates while aquajogging in the Z Center pool, and everyone dyeing their hair red in our hotel the night before XC Nationals
Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in physics with a minor in French
- 2022 and 2023 MIT Cross Country Captain
- Astrophysics research on self-interacting dark matter and on 21cm cosmological fields, Vogelsberger Group, MIT Kavli Institute
- Intern in PHYNANO Group at Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), 2022
- Research on phonon production in 2D graphene samples, Phynano Group, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, Palaiseau, France
- UROP in Emergent Quantum Matter Group, Fletcher Lab, 2022
- Intern in DeMarco Quantum Research Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
- Optical physics in the DeMarco Lab at UIUC
- UROP in Dedon Lab studying tRNA Modifying Enzymes, 2020-2021
- C2N: Investigation of phononic properties of graphene via optical pump and probe laser; graphene and boron nitride stack development
- Fletcher Lab: development of 3D-printed shutters for micro-second scale laser control in optical setup, using CAD programming and circuit design
- Ultracold atoms research, Fletcher Group, MIT CUA
- DeMarco Research Group: Assisted in designing ion trap setup requiring laser alignment and mechanical systems
- Dedon Lab: Literature review of tRNA Modifying enzyme studies regarding biochemical pathways of tRNA modification and residue formation; gene amplification/knockdown in cancer vs. healthy cell lines; and in vivo effects of modified gene expression on cancer progression in animal models
- Burton Conner REX/CPW Chair and 3 Floor Chair
- Member of the Burton Conner Government
- Member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority
High School:
- Cross country Team MVP in 2016, 2017 and 2019
- IHSA Class 2A State Finals 3200m Runner-Up;
- 15th Place in the IHSA Class 2A State Finals, while finishing in fifth place in 2017 and fourth place in 2019
- Class valedictorian
- Member of the National Honor Society
- First chair flute in the high school honors band
- Received the Matt Busey Scholarship, Judge Fred Green Scholarship, George Dekan Memorial Scholarship and the Kristen McCartney Scholarship
- Earned the IHSA All-Academic Team Scholarship for academic achievement and writings during high school
