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I received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2007 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge in 2009 and 2013, respectively. I was a NRC postdoctoral researcher in the Time and Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, CO and am now a staff scientist in Group 89 at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.


My research aims to bridge the gap between the fields of electronics, photonics, and quantum science. Specifically, I create novel photonic devices and systems that ultimately enhance or generate new functionality for electronic and quantum systems. For my Ph.D., my research explored the generation of ultra-high spectral purity radio waves using photonics as the means for RF synthesis. My postdoctoral reseach studied the interaction of nonlinear optical processes within ultra-high quality factor microresonators, which I then utilized to create a new class of low-noise Brillouin lasers exhibiting linewidths below 100 Hz. Currently, I am researching the potential of using these Brillouin lasers for portable optical-atomic clocks.