Hillsdale College

Pursuing a BS in Physics and Mathematics with a Computer Science minor at Hillsdale College, focusing on advanced STEM skills and liberal arts education.

Classical Conversations

Graduated from Classical Conversations, a rigorous classical homeschool program, with comprehensive liberal arts and sciences education.

Teenpact Leadership Schools

Excelled in Teenpact Leadership Schools, developing strong leadership, public speaking, and policy understanding skills over 9 years.

Software Engineer Intern — General Dynamics Mission Systems

Modernized legacy C++ software for U.S. Navy guidance systems, contributing to operating system hardening and secure development for mission-critical defense systems.

Student Software Developer — Hillsdale College

Built React/.NET applications and Azure DevOps pipelines to modernize campus IT systems serving thousands of students, faculty, and staff.

Audio/Visual Event Assistant — Hillsdale College

Managed audio/visual aspects of large events, including equipment operation and event coordination.

Summer Intern — Llmzy

Developed backend services, testing suites, and developer tooling for LLM developer tools at Llmzy, achieving 95% unit test coverage with TypeScript, Mocha, and Chai.

Summer Intern — The Blake Center

Managed groundskeeping, audio/visual systems, and event coordination for a large property and event center at The Blake Center.

Media Coordinator — Presbyterian Church of Coventry

Developed custom software and managed media technology for Presbyterian Church of Coventry, including website maintenance and content updates.

Open-Source Developer — Self-Employed

Contributed to open-source projects as an Open-Source Developer and maintained a personal homelab with high uptime and numerous Docker containers.

Podcaster — Rhetoric in Retrospect

Co-hosted and managed production of Rhetoric in Retrospect podcast, handling all aspects from research to publishing.

Summer Researcher — Hillsdale College

Conducted pulsar data research through Hillsdale's LAUREATES program, developed processing software, and presented findings at NANOGrav's Fall 2024 Meeting.

Research Assistant — NANOStars/Hillsdale College

Analyzed pulsar candidates, participated in D-LITE radio telescope construction, and engaged in inter-university NANOStars discussions on physics and astronomy.

Research Assistant — Hillsdale College

Conducted novel analysis of MyOne Dynabead movement using a custom Python application, calculated magnetic moments, and learned various scientific computing tools.

Teaching Assistant — Hillsdale College

Served as a Teaching Assistant for Hillsdale College's Summer Science Camp, assisting with lab instruction and student support.

Private Tutor — Hillsdale College

Tutor for Calculus I-III and most computer science courses, helping students understand and apply advanced concepts.

Leader — Spring Break Mission Trip

Served as a leader for the Hillsdale College Spring Break Mission Trip, leading small groups and worship, and as a site leader for construction projects to serve the local community.

Volunteer — Impact

Led youth groups and construction projects during multiple summer mission trips at Dayspring Camp.

Church Pianist — PCC, HOPC

Served as pianist for various church services, notably for the Christmas pageant orchestra and choir.

Leadership Core — Presbyterian Church of Manchester

Led youth groups, planned events, and fostered community engagement as part of the church's Leadership Core.

Farmhand — Baerfoot Acres Farm

Managed various farm tasks, including animal care and crop management, while learning entrepreneurship through egg sales.

Actor — Backyard Shakespeare

Performed leading roles in annual Shakespeare productions for Backyard Shakespeare, dedicating significant time to rehearsals and performances.

Constraining solar emission radius at 42 MHz during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse using a student-commissioned radio telescope

Participated in a project to observe the Sun during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse using a student-commissioned radio telescope, published in The Astrophysical Journal.

Automating Pulsar Bowshock Discovery

Presented novel research on automating the discovery of pulsar bowshocks as part of student presentations in front of the members of the NANOGrav collaboration at the Fall 2024 Conference.

Personal Website

Developed and maintained a personal portfolio website with high uptime, dynamic content management, and an automated CV generation pipeline.

Physics Engine

Developed a physics engine in C++ using low-level OpenGL to learn physics and graphics.

Cybersecurity

Identified and responsibly disclosed multiple vulnerabilities through independent security research.

Audiobookshelf

Contributes to a widely used open-source audiobook server and mobile app, mainly in the iOS codebase.

Astrophysics Analysis GUI

Developed a GUI application for efficient pulsar bowshock searching using multiple sky surveys and image analysis algorithms.

Dynabeads

Developed a GUI application for tracking and analyzing Dynabead movement using OpenCV and Python, with parallel batch video processing.

Spotify Friend Activity

Developed a full-stack, Dockerized application in Go and Vue for viewing friend activity on Spotify, with real-time updates and SQL caching.

Church Website

Managed and improved the church website, implementing automation and optimizing backend storage solutions.

Sermon Upload Automation

Developed a full-stack system for automating sermon uploads using a Vue frontend and Python backend, streamlining weekly media workflows.

Photopage

Created a lightweight, Dockerized, full-stack web application for photo sharing, hosted on a personal homelab with high uptime.

New Years Resolutions

Developed a small, single-page Vue webpage for inspiring better New Year's resolutions.

Homelab

Designed and maintain a 99.9% uptime homelab running 100+ Docker containers on a custom-built server.

Physics

PHY-303 (Waves and Oscillations, Optics, Relativity), PHY-304 (Quantum Mechanics), PHY-490 (Quantum Mecahnics I), PHY-393-01 (Quantum Computing), PHY-393-02 (General Relativity), PHY-393-03 (Signal Processing in Astrophysics), PHY-473 (Advanced Experimental Physics), PHY-451 (Thermal Physics), PHY-421 (Mechanics)

Mathematics

MTH-120 (Calculus I), MTH-220 (Calculus II), MTH-320 (Multivariable Calculus), MTH-310 (Linear Algebra), MTH-410 (Abstract Algebra), MTH-340 (Differential Equations), MTH-430 (Topology)

Computer Science

CMP-201 (Data Structures), CMP-310 (Algorithms), CMP-355 (Cybersecurity), CMP-470 (Artificial Intelligence)

English

ENG-104 (Great Books in the Western Tradition), ENG-105 (Great Books in the British and American Traditions)

History

HST-104 (The Western Heritage to 1600), HST-105 (The American Heritage)

Philosophy

PHL-104 (Introduction to Philosophy), The Consequences of Ideas (R. C. Sproul)

Latin

Henle Latin I-IV including grammar, syntax, and various literature such as Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil

Speech and Debate

Team Policy debates, Lincoln-Douglass debates, NCFCA competitions, Westfield Academy

Music

Piano Lessons 2010-present, recitals twice a year, Guitar Lessons 2021-2023, Choral Bass 2023-present

Programming Languages

Python, C++, C, C#, Go, Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, TeX, SQL

Frameworks

Vue, React, Astro, Eleventy, Tailwind, Oclif, mocha, chai, mux, bun, uv

Software

Linux, Git, GitHub, Docker, APIs, WebSockets, OAuth 2.0, Bash, Nginx, WireGuard, Neovim, GTest, tmux

Hardware

Arduino, Raspberry Pi, CUDA, National Instruments, virtualization, Vernier LabQuest, ThorLabs, Optronics

Methodologies

Agile, Scrum, CI/CD, DevOps, Secure SDLC, TDD, Pair Programming, Systems Design, Documentation

Languages

English (Native), Latin (Intermediate), Spanish (Beginner)

Music

Piano, Guitar, Choral Music, Accompaniment, Sight Reading, Music Theory, Composition, Arranging, Producing

Other

Technical Writing, Public Speaking, Podcasting, Video Editing, Media Coordination, A/V Operations

Hillsdale College Dean's List

Every semester since 2023

National Latin Exam

Maxima Cum Laude

National Merit Scholar

Commended

Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition

3rd Place out of 17 teams

William Lowell Putnam Math Competition

Ranked in the top 2,400 undergraduate mathematics students in the United States among participants in this highly competitive examination.

Hillsdale College

President of the Society of Physics Students; Math Competition Team, Swing Dance Club, C. S. Lewis Society, Shakespeare Club, Tower Players, NANOStars, Chess Club, Sigma Zeta

Hymn Singing Club

Vice-president of the Hillsdale College Hymn Singing Club, leading hymn studies, organizing events, playing piano, building a website, and singing from the heart.

Classical Conversations

President and Founder of the Chess Club

Teenpact

State Senator Elect of 2022, Debater on House Floor

Reading or listening to books, playing the piano or guitar, listening to music or podcasts, programming, learning new things, tinkering with electronics, spending time outdoors or on my family's farm, playing board games, doing Rubik's cubes, playing chess, performing Shakespeare, participating in the choir of my church, running or biking, writing book reviews, watching movies with friends, and collecting pithy quotes.