Curriculum Vitae

For more detailed descriptions, please see my LinkedIn profile.

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant
2021 - Present
PUFFIN Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Supervisors: Prof. Jack Hare
Project: Developing experimental platforms for pulsed-power driven magnetic reconnection (within an externally-generated field), for guide-field reconnection experiments.
MSci Project
2020 - Present
Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London
Supervisors: Dr David Clements (Imperial) and Dr Chris Pearson (RAL)
Project: Far-infrared extra-galactic astronomy with the Herschel Space Observatory.
UROP Research Student
2020
MAGPIE Lab, Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London
Supervisors: Prof. Sergey Lebedev, Dr Jack Hare, and Dr Lee Suttle
Project: Exploration of the time evolution of a plasma gun jet using two-colour interferometry and Thomson scattering. Analysis of simulations and experimental data for pulsed-power magnetised shock experiments.
UROP Research Student
2019
Optics and Photonics, Imperial College London
Supervisors: Dr Kenny Weir and Prof. Martin McCall
Project: Development of novel experimental techniques, hardware, and software, to study the reflectance spectra of chiral thin-films and chiral beetle chitin (shells).
SIA Experimental Research Project
2017
Physics Department, Warwick School
Project: Proof-of-concept electromagnetic accelerator, featuring custom diagnostics and control system.
Work Experience Student
2015
Circuits and Systems Group (EEE), Imperial College London
Supervisors: Dr Shane Fleming
Project: Error correction algorithms for ESA's OPS-SAT satellite. Fabrication of a simple proof-of-concept robot. Ground-up 8-bit processor design using Intel Quartus and ModelSim.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2021 - Present
PhD, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Plasma Physics)
Imperial College London
2017 - 2021
MSci Physics
Warwick School
2010 - 2017
A-Level and GCSE

Volunteering

APS Division of Plasma Physics Pride (LGBTQ+) Committee
2025 - Present
Member-at-Large
MIT PSFC LGBTQ+ Affinity Group
2023 - Present
Co-Lead/Co-Founder
UKSEDS
2020 - 2022
Outreach Team Volunteer