About Me
I earned my B.S. in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in 2024, with minors in Planetary Sciences, Physics, and Geosciences. I currently live in Tucson, Arizona, and my research centers on the orbital dynamics of the outer solar system.
As an undergraduate researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, I studied the dynamical structure of the trans-Neptunian region using n-body simulations. This work was published in The Planetary Science Journal as Graham & Volk (2024), characterizing Uranus’s influence on Neptune’s exterior mean-motion resonances, and earned the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award from the University of Arizona Department of Planetary Sciences. I also contributed to SBDynT, a machine-learning framework for classifying small-body dynamics ahead of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), and prepared samples for Ar-Ar geochronology in the Arizona Noble Gas Laboratory. I am currently collaborating on the dynamical analysis of a newly characterized dual exoplanet system.
Alongside my research, I work as a battery R&D technician at Ampcera, developing dry-process electrodes for solid-state cells. I am applying to PhD programs for Fall 2027, with research interests including exoplanet dynamics and lunar geologic history. Make sure to check out my photography and personal projects as well!