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Associate Scientist

Laser Sciences Department, Linac Coherent Light Source

Developing tunable few-cycle UV light sources using soliton dynamics and resonant dispersive wave emission in hollow capillary fibers. Primary contact for laser delivery and support at the coherent x-ray imaging (CXI) instrument at LCLS. Developing advanced photoinjector methods at LCLS for temporal x-ray pulse shaping and attosecond x-ray pulse generation at high repetition rates.

• Coherent X-ray Imaging Instrument, Linac Coherent Light Source - Laser Scientist POC and SLSO
• Ultrafast UV-Vis Sources Group, Laser Sciences Department - Tunable Few-Cycle Source Development

Postdoctoral Scholar

Stanford PULSE Institute

Photon Science

• Advisor: Professor Agostino Marinelli

PhD

University of California, Berkeley

Applied Science and Technology

• Advisor: Professor Roger W. Falcone
• Thesis: Two-photon ionization and dissociation dynamics in atoms and molecules studied using vacuum ultraviolet laser harmonics and coincidence momentum imaging

BS

University of Oregon

Physics, Mathematics

• Cum Laude
• Physics Departmental Honors

Peer Reviewer

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Forum Organizing Chair

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Monthly AMO Science Forum

Graduate Student Panel Member

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Workforce Development & Education

Graduate Student Assembly Co-Delegate

University of California, Berkeley

Soliton dynamics and resonant dispersive wave emission in hollow capillary fibers

Generation and characterization of optical solitons and tunable few-cycle resonant dispersive waves in cascaded hollow capillary fibers driven by Yb laser systems.

• Optics Letters | DOI: 10.1364/OL.566906

Coherent x-ray imaging at LCLS: laser developments

Expanding scientific scope at the coherent x-ray imaging instrument at LCLS through advanced laser techniques (e.g. spectral broadening and post-compression).

• Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics | DOI: 10.1088/1361-6455/ad78d0
• Physical Review Letters | DOI: 10.1103/53h3-vykl

Attosecond x-ray pump-probe spectroscopy at LCLS

Developing attosecond pulse generation methods at LCLS and performing attosecond x-ray pump + attosecond x-ray probe spectroscopy in gas- and condensed-phase systems.

• Science | DOI: 10.1126/science.adn6059
• Nature Photonics | DOI: 10.1038/s41566-024-01419-w
• Science Advances | DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp0841
• Physical Review X | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.15.011008
• Nature Photonics | DOI: 10.1038/s41566-024-01427-w
• Physical Review Letters | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.115001
• Review of Scientific Instruments | DOI: 10.1063/5.0223334

Megaelectronvolt Ultrafast Electron Diffraction (MeV-UED)

Tracking femtosecond electronic and structural dynamics in gas-phase atomic and molecular systems using ultrafast electron diffraction as a probe.

• The Journal of Chemical Physics | DOI: 10.1063/5.0266559

Advanced photoinjector techniques: attosecond capabilities at high repetition rates

Developing advanced photoinjector methods at LCLS-II for temporal x-ray pulse shaping and attosecond x-ray pulse generation at high repetition rates.

• High Power Laser Science and Engineering | DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2024.33
• Applied Physics Letters | DOI: 10.1063/5.0233468

Fresnel zone plate based soft x-ray photon spectrometer

Compact single-shot soft X-ray photon spectrometer for free-electron laser diagnostics.

• Optics Express | DOI: 10.1364/OE.502105

Attosecond light source and accelerator development at FACET-II

Developing attosecond XUV light sources and advanced accelerator methods at the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II).

• Physical Review Letters | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.085001
• Physical Review Accelerators and Beams | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.27.070701

SILIA: software implementation of a lock in amplifier

A software implementation of a lock in amplifier with an arbitrary number of channels and frequencies.

• Measurement Science and Technology | DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/ac2436

400 nm driven HHG: 3-D coincidence momentum imaging

Two-photon ionization and dissociation dynamics in isolated atoms and molecules studied using vacuum ultraviolet pulses produced via 400 nm driven high harmonic generation and coincidence momentum imaging.

• Physical Review A | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.101.061402
• The Journal of Chemical Physics | DOI: 10.1063/5.0013485
• Physical Review A | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.063118
• The Journal of Chemical Physics | DOI: 10.1063/5.0128846
• Physical Review Research | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033191 (800 nm driven HHG)

Advanced light source: 3-D coincidence momentum imaging

Single-photon single- and double-ionization and dissociation dynamics in isolated atoms and molecules studied using synchrotron radiation produced at the Advanced Light Source and coincidence momentum imaging.

• Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | DOI: 10.1039/C8CP03637C
• Physical Review A | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.043414
• Physical Review Research | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.033140
• Physical Review Research | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043056
• Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics | DOI: 10.1088/1361-6455/abc3aa
• Nature Communications | DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32836-6
• Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | DOI: 10.1039/D3CP02438E
• The Journal of Chemical Physics | DOI: 10.1063/5.0159300
• The Journal of Chemical Physics | DOI: 10.1063/5.0219029

800 nm driven HHG: velocity map imaging

The electronic and nuclear dynamics in methanol, following 156 nm photoexcitation, are investigated by combining a detailed analysis of time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy experiments with electronic structure calculations.

• The Journal of Chemical Physics | DOI: 10.1063/1.5079549