University of California, Santa Cruz - Physics (Astrophysics)
September 2022 - Present, Expected Graduation in June 2026
GPA: 3.95, Dean’s Honor Roll: 9 Consecutive Quarters
Relevant Coursework: Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics, Intro to Modern Physics, Mathematical Methods for Physics, Intro to Cosmology, Computational Physics, Intermediate Physics Lab, General Relativity, Advanced Astronomy Lab
Breaking the mass-sheet degeneracy in strong lensing mass modelling with weak lensing observations - 2024 - Khadka, Narayan | Birrer, Simon | Leauthaud, Alexie | Nix, Holden
Analyzing strong lensing assumptions about dark matter profiles and the mass sheet transform using weak lensing (Undergrad Research Project with Alexie Leauthad, to be published in 2025)
Closely work with the Project Dinos and TDCosmo teams, along with multiple DESI contributors
Quality cuts for a catalog of galaxies drawn from the DESI Y1 BGS catalog (Lead: Conghao Zhou)
Searching for strong gravitational lenses with two background sources (2025 Summer Project with Adam Bolton)
Investigating the effects of tidal stripping on dark matter halos using IllustrisTNG simulations (2023 Summer Project)
Quality flags for spectroscopic redshift data from DESI for the Merian Group (2023 Summer Project)
Using hydrodynamic and dark matter-only simulations to compare self-interacting dark matter and cold dark matter (Early undergrad project with Joseph Wick)
Jan 2025 - Present | Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Survey
May 21, 2025 - Santa Cruz Organization for Outreach in Physics No-Jargon Talk
2 nights (1 effective night) - Advanced Astronomy Lab, 40-inch Nickel Telescope at Lick Observatory
1 night - Advanced Astronomy Lab, 3m Shane Telescope at Lick Observatory
Absorption of Gamma Radiation By Lead (May 7, 2024; Intermediate Physics Lab)
Low Frequency Impedence of AC Circuits (May 28, 2024; Intermediate Physics Lab)
Photometry of a Type II Cepheid Star (May 1, 2025; Advanced Astronomy Lab)
Photometry, Age, and Metallicity of Star Clusters (May 24, 2025; Advanced Astronomy Lab)
Rotation Curve of UGC 9780 Using Hα Spectroscopy (June 13, 2025; Advanced Astronomy Lab)