Experience

Research, teaching & training

Research and teaching positions across Louisiana State University, Quantum CodeX, and the Institute for Nuclear Research (ATOMKI) — plus the summer schools that keep me sharp.

Nuclear many-body theoryScientific softwareMachine learningTeaching & mentoring

Research & professional positions

Where I've done the work

Research Assistant — Louisiana State University

2023 – present · Baton Rouge, LA
  • Symmetry Adapted Model (SAM) — main developer of the theoretical framework and HPC C++ software; demonstrated emergent Wigner U(4) symmetry from first principles and incorporated three-nucleon interactions through the normal-ordered two-body approximation.
  • Wigner-Informed Neural Network (WINN) — initiated and led an interdisciplinary collaboration; directed the architecture, software, nuclear-data collection, and manuscript preparation.
  • Neural quantum states & equivariant architectures — led a deuteron benchmark across variational-energy, PDE-residual, and hybrid training and now leads the extension toward symmetry-aware models.
  • U(3) and U(4) coupling algorithms — developed general, high-performance mathematical infrastructure for nuclear calculations and equivariant neural architectures.
  • DOE Genesis Mission — student member of an LSU-led AI-for-nuclear-data project, contributing to scientific planning and the design of its agentic-AI component.

Graduate Researcher — Quantum CodeX

Feb – May 2025 · Baton Rouge, LA
  • Original research applying nuclear structure theory to problems involving fundamental symmetries, at the intersection of science and business needs.

Research Assistant — Institute for Nuclear Research (ATOMKI)

2021 – 2023 · Debrecen, Hungary
  • Shape isomers of α-like nuclei — used the MUSY code to explore stable nuclear shapes, clustering phenomena, and collective behavior; collected, fit, and visualized data.
  • Orbital regularity of planetary systems & the Kepler problem — collected, fit, and visualized data from large exoplanetary databases.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant · LSU

Since 2023 I have taught and supported computational and classical physics at LSU — developing curriculum, designing and grading assignments and exams, and mentoring students.

PHYS 7411

Graduate Computational Physics

Developed curriculum; designed & graded homework and exams.

PHYS 2411

Undergraduate Computational Physics

Designed & graded homework and exams.

PHYS 2108

Classical Mechanics Laboratory

Taught non-physics majors in the lab.

Tutoring

One-on-one tutoring

Supported non-physics majors across introductory physics.

Extracurricular studies

Summer schools & training