Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
February 2026 - Present
Course Liaison and Subject-Matter Expert
Fermi Physics Education
Building a new physics-education programme at an early-stage company:
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line-managing a small team
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coordinating engineers, lecturers, and leadership
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and owning university and government partnerships as courses move from concept to launch.
September 2024 – September 2025
Energy, Climate, and Environment Policy Fellow
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship, Office of US Senator Tina Smith
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Made the industry-facing case for steel decarbonisation and drafted federal legislation linking emissions cuts to competitiveness, with provisions modelled on EU regulation and the
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Managed legislative projects from research and public engagement through drafting.
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Represented the Senator to hundreds of partners across industry, labour, academia, and charities.
November 2023 – July 2024
Energy Policy Advisor
California Energy Commission, Office of Chair David Hochschild
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Briefed the Chair's office daily on offshore-wind development and equitable clean-energy infrastructure.
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Delivered data, policy, and economic analyses — including Python modelling of offshore-wind siting — that shaped state decisions on grid and offshore-wind build-out.
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Managed stakeholders across clean-energy start-ups, governments, Tribal nations, and academia.
March 2024 – June 2024
Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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Reviewed federal innovation-funding programmes (DOE, DoD, NASA SBIR/STTR), assessing how public capital and investment incentives de-risk
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Co-authored a peer-reviewed paper on policy pathways to decarbonising nitrogenfertiliser.
August 2018 – June 2023
Graduate Researcher
MIT, Department of Physics
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Led a multi-year lab upgrade for a neutral-atom quantum computer, producing the first published demonstration of a new measurement scheme.
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Line-managed a team of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs.
August 2017 – August 2018
Systems Engineer
Applied Materials, Inc.
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Modelled optical and thermal systems for two new semiconductor-equipment products.
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Built a commercial partnership with Philips (Netherlands) through direct technical collaboration with its engineers.
Educational Background
2018 - 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD, Physics
My doctorate focused on building a new type of quantum computer based on neutral atoms. I led a team of five other researchers through the construction of this computer. The five-year process equipped me with the empathetic leadership, intuitive problem solving skills, and technical know-how to solve and communicate any complex problem. My thesis is publicly available here.
2013 - 2017
Stanford University
BSci, Physics
I earned a Bachelor's degree in Physics, where I developed a strong foundation in scientific principles and analytical thinking, paving the way for my future endeavors in research, education, and policy.