Profile
Educational Background
B.A., Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
B.A, Astrophysics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
Profile/About Me
Hello there! I'm a first year PhD student fresh from the University of Colorado Boulder where I pursued degrees in both physics and astronomy (with an emphasis in astrophysics). While there, I spent 2 years studying various aspects of the Martian ionosphere using data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. I spent the same amount of time tutoring both math and physics courses to CU students, as well as 2 semesters as an undergraduate Learning Assistant (essentially, I was a TA for physics courses).
When I first received my acceptance letters to grad school to pursue my PhD, I expected to end up going to the University of Arizona (a fantastic school in the state that I spent most of my life) or the University of Oregon (a school that has always been close to my heart with a wonderful interest in gravitational waves and the LIGO detectors). However, as soon as I visited Clemson and spent time with the students and faculty here, I was hooked: there's just something about this place that drew me to it above every other possibility. Hence my current presence on this directory!
Research Interests
I'm interested in computational astrophysics.
Courses Taught
TA - Solar System Astronomy Lab (ASTR 1030)
Selected Publications
Mason, J. P., Werth, A., West, C. G., Youngblood, A., Woodraska, D. L., Peck, C. L., et al. (2023). Coronal Heating as Determined by the Solar Flare Frequency Distribution Obtained by Aggregating Case Studies. The Astrophysical Journal, 948 (2), 71. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/accc89.
Madanian, H., Hesse, T., Duru, F., Pilinski, M., and Frahm, R.: Ionospheric density depletions around crustal fields at Mars and their connection to ion frictional heating, Ann. Geophys., 42, 69–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-69-2024, 2024.
Shaver, S. R., Solt, L., Andersson, L., Halekas, J., Jian, L., da Silva, D. E., et al. (2024). The Martian ionospheric response to the co-rotating interaction region that caused the disappearing solar wind event at Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 129, e2023JA032181. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA032181
