Associate Professor of Physics and Optical Sciences
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, US

2023-present

Assistant Professor of Physics and Optical Sciences
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, US

2017-2023

Faculty Member at BiO5 Institute
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, US

2017-present

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, US
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ahmed Zewail (Nobel ’99)

2013-2017

Ph.D. in Physics
Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany
Physics Department, Ludwig-Maximillian University of Munich, Germany
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ferenc Krausz (Nobel ’23)

2009-2013

Honors and Awards
  • The inaugural AFOSR Director’s Research Initiative Award

2022

  • The DoD HBCU/MI Award

2022

  • APL Photonics Journal Editorial Advisory Board

2022

  • The M. W. Keck research grant award

2020

  • APL Photonics Journal Early Career Editorial Advisory Board

2020

  • The US Air Force’s Young Investigator Award

2019

  • The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation research investigator

2018

  • The International Max-Planck Research Fellowship

2009