About Me

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I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the Physics Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and a graduate fellow at the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public. Im interested in nonlinear, networked and high-dimesional systems which display emergent phenomena. I study these complex systems using tools from statistical physics, dynamical systems and information theory. I'd like to know how local structure of networked systems might shape global dynamic behavior. I hold this question with an eye towards applications in computational neuroscience, applied mathematics, neuromorphic computing, and algorithmic fairness.

I also teach physics at Laney College and mathematics at Mount Tamalpais College at San Quentin, where I developed a no-prerequisite course on the physics of complex systems. I treat the classroom as a working scientific community: students present, question, and revise ideas together. The process of understanding, itself, is collaborative, messy, and therefore worth teaching.

Before returning to school, I worked as a Scientific Data Analyst and Consultant at Deloitte, building machine learning pipelines and graph-based models for government clients including DHS and state health departments.

I love the aesthetics world. We are perceptive, experiencing, judgy things; and inescapably so. In my -- oh so ever growing -- free time I like to take that fact seriously. I've directed editorial-style photoshoots. I've also been critical of things and written those thoughts down: fashion both informs and is informed by our cultural perceptions experiences and judgements, so we -- can -- should -- lets -- talk about that.

I hope to do more. More writing, more research, more mentoring, more creating. And friend, I don't dream of solitude. So lets work together, reach out!

Current Roles

Ph.D. candidate in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, graduate fellow at the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public, and instructor of physics at Laney College.

Research

I study how local structure shapes global behavior in complex networked systems, using tools from statistical physics, information theory, and dynamical systems.

Teaching

I teach physics at Laney College and mathematics at Mount Tamalpais College at San Quentin, including a no-prerequisite course on the physics of complex systems.

Prior Industry Work

Before returning to graduate school, I worked for three years as a Scientific Data Analyst and Consultant at Deloitte, building machine learning pipelines and graph-based models for government clients.

Writing and Creative Practice

Alongside my scientific work, I write about fashion, aesthetics, and culture, and I direct editorial-style photoshoots.