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Graduate Research Assistant
MINDLab•  August 2022 - Present•  Provo, UT
Researcher in applications of topological data analysis (TDA) to deep neural networks, with emphasis on inscrutability and interpretability of networks from topological structure.
Graduate Instructor
Brigham Young University•  May 2024 - June 2024•  Provo, UT
Instructor for introductory machine learning, teaching students topics from various aspects of artificial intelligence including standard algorithms and deep learning fundamentals.
Graduate Research Assistant
CompTaG•  August 2020 - May 2022•  Bozeman, MT
Secondary researcher in applications of TDA to periodic time-series emerging from studying stellar and exo-planetary phenomena.
Graduate Instructor
Montana State University•  August 2020 - April 2022•  Bozeman, MT
Instructor of students in introductory to intermediate mathematics courses, consisting of foundational mathematics, college algebra, and calculus.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Material Science Research Group•  April 2018 - April 2019•  Rexburg, ID
Undergraduate researcher helping define anisotropic grain boundary models in UO2 for implementation in MOOSE (Multi-Physics Object Oriented Simulation Environment). Responsible for developing training documents for students and for calculating grain boundary energies.
Education
Brigham Young University, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science•  April 2022 - Present•  GPA: 3.88
Montana State University, College of Letters and Science
Mathematics, MS, Mathematics•  April 2020 - April 2022•  GPA: 3.96
Brigham Young University - Idaho, College of Physical Science and Engineering
BS, Physics•  April 2015 - April 2019•  GPA: 3.6