About
Hobbies
I love to adventure and explore new places with my significant other, such as light hiking and skiing, or adventuring into caves. I also enjoy playing video games, reading, cooking, and mixology. I have a passion for learning and trying new things, and I am always looking for new hobbies to try.
Undergraduate
I grew up in Grand Haven, Michigan, and went to Grand Valley State University for my undergraduate degree in Computer Science. I initially intended to work in industy, but after joining a research project at the Applied Computing Institute of GVSU under the mentorhsip of Dr. Zachary DeBruine. I found a passion for research as we worked initially on matrix factorization and then moved onto sparse compression of single-cell data. On this new research project I gained a co-worker and friend in Seth Wolfgang, who I have continued working with into grad school, and another mentor Dr. Erin Carrier who helped me apply for graduate school, conduct research, and learn the skills needed for research.
Graduate
After graduating from GVSU I took an internship over the summer at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I worked on the E3SM atmospheric model, HOMME (High-Order Method Modeling Environment), and learned a lot about the challenges of working with large scale scientific computing. I then started my graduate studies at Indiana University Bloomington in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. I am currently working on the NSF funded FZ Compression Project under the advisement of Dr. Fengguang Song. As I continue my studies as a PhD Student in Information Systems Engineering I hope to find more applications for my compression research and continue to work on the development of high performance compression algorithms.