Research Summary
My research studies how charge and spin move through light-activated molecules, and how these properties can be controlled to drive new reactivity and functionality. This effort sits at the interface of inorganic chemistry and chemical physics, with the broader goal of designing molecular platforms for sustainable energy harvesting and quantum information science.

Biography
I am from Bradenton, Florida, and joined NC State University in 2023 as a Postdoctoral Scholar under Prof. Felix (Phil) N. Castellano in the Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL). I received my B.S. in Chemistry from Florida State University in 2017 and completed my Ph.D. in Chemistry at Caltech under Prof. Harry B. Gray in 2022, supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and a Caltech Institute Fellowship. My doctoral research evaluated the electronic structure and excited-state dynamics of transition metal complexes for one- and two-photon photocatalysis. As part of this work, I received a DOE SCGSR award to conduct x-ray absorption spectroscopy experiments on CO2RR electrocatalysts at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory with Dr. Amy Cordones-Hahn and Dr. Kelly Gaffney.

I have received several professional awards, including the ACS PHYS Division Young Investigator Award (2026), Merck Next Gen Leaders Program (2026),  selection to the CAS Future Leaders Program (2025), Outstanding Teaching Award from Caltech Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2022), and the Candace Rypisi Mentoring Award (2020).

Outside of the lab, I enjoy hiking, going to farmer’s markets, and trying to find the best (omakase) sushi in town.