I am a fifth-year PhD Candidate in Astrophysics at Caltech, working with Prof. Phil Hopkins on understanding magnetic fields and cosmic rays in galaxies through the use of high-resolution, cosmological simulations of galaxy formation. I’m particularly interested in leveraging theory to make detailed predictions of observables to constrain highly uncertain non-thermal physics. My interest in magnetic fields and cosmic rays and galaxies is broad; ranging from questions of how they can alter the the halos of galaxies to understanding amplification mechanisms of the magnetic fields over cosmological time.

I grew up in the city of Montego Bay, Jamaica, before moving to the United States, where I lived in the states of New York and Iowa. I did my undergraduate degrees in Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics at the University of Iowa, where I worked with Prof. Phil Kaaret and Prof. Hai Fu on studying metallicity effects on high-mass X-ray binary populations, and understanding cool gas accretion in a high redshift galaxy. During my undergraduate studies, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a semester and a summer in Scotland, where I attended the University of Edinburgh. While there, I worked with Prof. Sadegh Khochfar, Prof. Jose Onorbe, and Prof. Britton Smith on studying Local Group analogs in large volume cosmological simulations.