Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 2022
B.S. Summa Cum Laude in Chemistry (ACS Certified), Astronomy minor, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, May 2017
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
February 2022 - Present
University of Wisconsin-Madison - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
August 2020 - January 2022
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 2022
B.S. Summa Cum Laude in Chemistry (ACS Certified), Astronomy minor, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, May 2017
2016 - Present
2022 - Present
2023. "Gas-phase Ortho-to-para Ratio of Formaldehyde Formed at Low Temperatures in Laboratory Ices." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 958 (2): L41 [10.3847/2041-8213/ad0bee] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Rapid Radiolytic Degradation of Amino Acids in the Martian Shallow Subsurface: Implications for the Search for Extinct Life." Astrobiology 22 (9): 1099-1115 [Full Text] [10.1089/ast.2021.0166] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Sublimation of Laboratory Ices Millimeter/Submillimeter Experiment (SubLIME): Structure-specific Identifications of Products from UV-photolyzed Methanol Ice." The Astrophysical Journal 913 (1): 61 [10.3847/1538-4357/abf14e] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Millimeter/Submillimeter Spectroscopic Detection of Desorbed Ices: A New Technique in Laboratory Astrochemistry." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 123 (40): 8702-8708 [10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04587] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Laboratory Investigations into the Spectra and Origin of Propylene Oxide: A Chiral Interstellar Molecule." The Astrophysical Journal 835 (2): 225 [10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/225] [Journal Article/Letter]