Experience

New Providence High School
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• AP Physics Teacher

  • Aug 2021 - Present


Hasbrouck Heights High School

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Physics Leave Replacement Teacher

  • Jun 2021 - Jun 2021

  - Teaching high school physics curriculum for academic, honors, and AP Physics students - Teaching high school physics curriculum for academic, honors, and AP Physics students



University of Minnesota

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Course Developer

  • Jun 2020 - May 2021

  - Creating new lab exercises and converting old lab exercises for the Astronomy 1001 course to serve in an online course format in response to COVID-19- Updating, maintaining, and fact-checking the Astronomy 1001 Laboratory Manual for use in the Fall 2021 semester.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jul 2018 - Jun 2020

  - Thesis: Analyzing Type IIn Supernovae to determine if their progenitors are runaway stars- Utilized Python packages (NumPy, SciPy, AstroPy), DS9, PyRAF, and a proprietary pipeline to analyze images from the Keck telescopes

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - May 2020

  Course: AST 1001 Exploring the UniverseSections taught (as of Spring 2020): 10- Honored as Best Teaching Assistant in Spring 2019- Instructed students through various astronomy-related laboratory exercises- Facilitated and graded semester-long projects- Ensured student safety in the lab rooms

• Head Teaching Assistant

  • Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  Course: AST 1001 Exploring the Universe- Managed and organized the course's 16 teaching assistants with respect to section assignments, proctoring, training, and general student affairs- Worked with course instructors and supervisor to modify and improve course and lab exercise materials- Organized the department's Public Observing Nights, involving astronomy related talks and rooftop observing



Rutgers University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

  Analysis of semi-analytic galaxy formation models to determine if there exists a correlation between carbon monoxide emission linewidths and luminosities (claimed by some observers) in different ​populations ​of ​galaxies.

• Clerical Assistant

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2017

  - Automated the generation of book spine labels in VBA- Inputted punch card data into the RU Libraries databases- Received, inventoried, and shelved the transferred collections from the Rutgers Chemistry and Physics libraries- Processed, cataloged, and shelved books

• Forum Moderator

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Answered student questions and moderated discussion boards for a Massive Open Online ​Course ​(MOOC) ​on ​X-ray ​astronomy ​offered ​by ​Rutgers ​University.



Targum Publishing Co.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contributing Designer

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2017

  - Created a bus route map for distribution to all incoming dorming first year students at Rutgers- Contributed graphic designs and infographics for published articles

• Staff Writer

  • Sep 2014 - May 2016

  Wrote articles about a variety of topics including:- University research for publication in the Science section of the paper- Major scientific discoveries- Overviews of larger scientific topics- "Simple Science" articles meant to take scientific concepts and simplify them into easier to understand terms- University current events



Qwantech International Inc

• United States
• Civil Engineering

• Technology Refresh Technician

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

  Replaced computers at Fairleigh Dickinson University as part of 2011 FDU Technology Refresh Team. Replaced computers at Fairleigh Dickinson University as part of 2011 FDU Technology Refresh Team.