Most people have a full measure of life,      and most people just watch it slowly drip away.      But if you can summon it all up           at one time           in one place      you can accomplish something glorious.                              -Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez

I am 'all-but-dissertation' in the Physics PhD program at the University of Arizona (in beautiful Tucson).

My physics research is in the field of experimental high energy particle physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Specifically, I investigate beyond the standard model (BSM) physics coupling strongly to the top quark at the ATLAS collaboration. My ATLAS service research includes analyzing the cathode strip chamber (CSC) detector performance, and software development and data maintenance of the CSC conditions in the detectors' conditions database (COOL).

My teaching projects include writing a laboratory manual for introductory electricity and magnetism students (2nd edition now in use), and co-administering the NSF-funded physics summer REU program for non-traditional science students. Additionally, I am interested in physics education research and the effects of gender bias on physics study and career selection.

My service work includes entering into partnerships with College of Science administrators to increase local science public outreach, demonstrating at the biannual Physics Fun Night, and tutoring senior physics majors for the physics GRE exam (I have developed many study materials for this).

My goal is to teach at a 4-year college where I may continue my experimental high energy research with undergraduate students, along with research in physics education and physics gender bias. I also hope to administer programs for undergraduate research and public outreach.