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About

I obtained my Ph.D. in the Computational and Applied Mathematics department (CAAM) at Rice 
University under advise by Prof. Beatrice Riviere. My research interests lie in the interdisciplinary area of 
computational physics and applied mathematics. Particularly, I work on developing numerical 
methods for linear and nonlinear PDEs. I'm currently working on a sequential discontinuous Galerkin 
method for solving the immiscible two-phase fluid flows in deformable porous media problems in three 
dimensions.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 2022 
M.A., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, March 2020 
B.S., Mathematics, Iowa State University, May 2017 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Rice University, Houston, TX (May 2018 - May 2022)
Research Assistant 
Research Advisor: Professor Beatrice Rivière
Dissertation: Numerical Methods for Two-phase Flow in Rigid and Deformable Porous Media

Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (Summer 2021) 
Research Assistant, T-5: Applied Math and Plasma Physics & TDS SciDAC program 
Research Mentors: Dr. Qi Tang, Dr. Xianzhu Tang

ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX ( Summer 2020 )  
Research Intern, Reservoir Simulation Development Section 
Research Mentors: Dr. Jizhou Li and Dr. Ashwin Raghavan

Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (Summer 2019 )
Research Assistant, Parallel Computing Summer Program & T-5: Applied Math and Plasma Physics 
Research Mentors: Dr. Chengkun Huang, Dr. Rao Garimella

Iowa State University
Undergraduate Thesis: A Particle-Based Numerical Method for Vlasov-Poisson Plasma Models
Research Advisor: Professor James A. Rossmanith

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Rice University, Houston, TX
Grader, CAAM 519, Computational Science I, Fall 2020
Teaching Assistant, CAAM 336, Differential Equations in Science and Engineering, Spring 2019
Teaching Assistant, CAAM 336, Differential Equations in Science and Engineering, Fall 2018
Grader, CAAM 336, Differential Equations in Science and Engineering, Spring 2018
Grader, CAAM 336, Differential Equations in Science and Engineering, Fall 2017