Projects and Publications

Investigating Cloud Microphysics in the High Arctic Using Downwelling Infrared Emission Spectra: A Study on Optical Depth, Ice Fraction, Liquid and Water Paths, and Effective Radius of Water/Ice DropletsApril 2024
Senior thesis at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Physics Department Chair Kim Strong. Oral presentation at the University of Toronto Physics Student Union’s Undergraduate Research Conference.

Efficacy of Versions 8 and 13 of the GEOS-Chem Adjoint for Quantifying Wildfire EmissionsAugust 2023, January 2024, February 2024
The product of a summer interning for Professor Dylan Jones at the University of Toronto. Poster presentation at the 2023 Centre for Global Change Science Research Day, oral presentation at the Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (Jan 2024) and the University of Toronto’s Arts and Science Student Union’s Undergraduate Research Conference (Feb 2024).

Using the PT-JPL Algorithm to Estimate Evapotranspiration and its Components from Space and Eddy Covariance Towers at Half-hourly IntervalsSeptember 2022
The product of a summer interning for UW – Madison Atmospheric Physics Professor Ankur Desai and Biological Systems Engineering Professor Paul Stoy. Poster presentation at the 2022 AmeriFlux National Conference.

Not Physics” — May 2022
A song about reaching a conclusion about my program of study, to the tune of Bobby Vinton’s ‘Blue Velvet.’ Lyrics and Recording showcased in Science Rendezvous’ 2022 Virtual SciArt Gallery

Letter to the Wisconsin State Journal January 2022
A letter expressing discontent over P.E. credit replacement policies.

Machinations in McLennan Physics: The Coefficient of Static Friction Between a KeenTM McKenzie II Shoe and Tiled Floor — Fall 2021
The results of an experiment designed with Abe Urowitz Kaufman for the final project of Foundations of Physics I (PHY151) at the University of Toronto.
Poster selected for exhibition in the halls of McLennan Physics building.

Dandelion Triptych — Spring 2021 Honor’s Project
A self-initiated and defined project mentored by Madison College Part-time Music Faculty Joseph Bernstein. Score and recording.

The American Cultural Revolution: History, Change, and the Rise of Identity PoliticsFall 2020 Honor’s Project
A self-initiated and defined project mentored by Madison College History Department Chair Michael Dubin.

A Literature Review on Upper Extremity ProsthesesSpring 2020 Honor’s Project
A self-initiated and defined project mentored by Madison College Biology Department Co-Chair Elise Van Ginkel.