Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Labs
PhD in Physics, Rice University
Resume
Experience
For most updated version of CV (Nov 2024)
2022 - Present
Postdoctoral scholar
Advisors: Ehsan Khatami
Richard Scalettar
UC Davis and San Jose State Univ
Davis and San Jose, CA
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Develop and apply of Quantum Monte Carlo methods to strongly correlated materials.
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Apply Machine Learning techniques to detect phase transitions in strongly correlated systems..
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Mentored graduate and undergraduate students in the group. Expected publications in 2023.
2019 - 2022
PhD Researcher
Advisor: Kaden R A Hazzard
Rice University
Houston, TX
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Pioneered a numerical algorithm using Quantum Monte Carlo to simulate the SU(N) Fermi Hubbard Model.
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Collaborated in the development of Exact Diagonalization and Numerical Linked Cluster Expansions to study the SU(N) Fermi Hubbard Model.
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Contributed to the construction of a Constrained Path Quantum Monte Carlo and Hartree-Fock codes to investigate the SU(N) Fermi Hubbard Model.
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Developed and maintained data analysis modules written in Python.
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Mentored graduate and undergraduate students in the group. Expected publications in 2023.
2017 - 2019
MSc. in Physics
Advisor: Randall G Hulet
Rice University
Houston, TX
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Improved performance of data analysis software by reducing running time by a factor of 10.
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Assembled optical setup for cooling and trapping of bosonic and fermonic lithium.
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Automated and refined experimental equipment using Python, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino.
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Designed and engineered electronic circuits for hardware control and PID stabilization.
2014-2017
Research Assistant
Advisor: Jorge A Seman Harutinian
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
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Designed and manipulated an ultra-high vacuum system which currently achieves a pressure of 10-12 Torr for experiments with ultracold quantum gases.
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Built optical setup for cooling and trapping fermonic lithium.
2016
Research Assistant
Advisor: Giacomo Roati
European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS)
Firenze, Italy
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Built optical setup for studying spin-imbalanced Fermi Gases.
2013-2015
Research Assistant
Advisor: Maria S Cordova Aguilar
Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnología
Mexico City, Mexico
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Developed a UV sterilizing system for nutritional inyectable solutions.
2014
Research Assistant
Advisor: Rahmat Rahmat
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Batavia, Illinois
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Improved HF Flash simulation written in Python. Simulation runs 76% faster than the previous Flash simulation, reducing error by 55% when tested against Test Beam Data.
Education
2019 - 2022
Rice University
PhD in Physics
Worked with Prof. Kaden Hazzard in theoretical and numerical many-body physics.
Houston, TX
2017 - 2019
Rice University
MSc in Physics
Worked with Prof. Randall Hulet in experimental atomic, optical and molecular physics.
Houston, TX
2011 - 2016
Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México
B. Sc. in Physics
Worked with Prof. Jorge Semana Harutinian building an ultracold atom experiment.
Class Valedictorian
Mexico City, Mexico
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
2022
Steven Weinberg
Research Award
American Physical Society (APS)
Selected by the Texas APS Section based on excellence and potential impact in the relevant scientific community
2022
IOP Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2021
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Selected by IOP Publishing’s Editors based on the quality, quantity and timeliness of their reviews
2022
Braslau Family Travel Grant
American Physical Society (APS)
Competitive basis award for early career physicists, to attend APS March or April Meeting
2021
IOP Trusted Reviewer
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Acknowledges a high level of peer review competence, upholding the scientific literature to an excellent standard
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Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
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Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
2021
Robert Lowry Patten Award
Rice University
Honors graduate students for their service and achievements on behalf of graduate students
2017 & 2020
Robert A Welch Foundation
Predoctoral Fellowship
Competitive basis fellowship for PhD studies
Welch Foundation
2020
Eric Umland Memorial Award
Rice University
Recognized the student who has contributed most to the quality of graduate student life in the physics department
2018
Bonner Book Award
Rice University
Given each year to the most outstanding first year graduate students in physics
2017
G King Walters Fellowship
Competitive basis fellowship for PhD studies
Rice University
2014
Leon M Lederman Award
Fundacion Hertel
The recipient of this merit based award participates at the International Physics Program internship at Fermilab
Leadership and activities
2017 - 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Graduate Student Association
Officer
Rice University
Houston, TX
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Graduate program committee student representative: Voice graduate student concerns and ideas regarding how to improve the program (Aug 2021-Present)
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President: Coordinate and supervise activities, panels, approve budgets (Aug 2020-Aug 2021)
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PhD proposal writing seminar: Founder and lecturer the seminar (Jun-Aug 2020 & 2021)
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Journal club coordinator: managed a $2000 annual budget (Sep 2017-Jun 2020)
2019 - Present
Grad STRIVE (Students Transforming Rice into a Violence-Free Environment)
Secretary and Liaison
Rice University
Houston, TX
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Host events to engage in positive, open dialogue about gender-based inequality and interpersonal violence, as well as providing tools and skills necessary to create cultural change for graduate students
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Organizer of two major panels in 2020-2021
2017
Fundraiser for the victims of Hurricane Maria and the Earthquakes in Mexico
Organizer
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Raised $3322.07 that was split among three non-profit organizations
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Coordinated and scheduled appointments to ensure success of the event
Rice University
Houston, TX
2014 - 2016
OSA-UNAM Student Chapter
President
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Organized the IONS (International OSA Network for Students) Mexico City conference in 2015 during the International Year of Light, with an initial budget of $4000
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Submitted and won a grant from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT) for $25,000 to organize the conference, where more than 100 students participated
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The chapter participated in five major communication activities each year
Optical Society of America
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Teaching experience
Active since 2015, teaching assistant in different courser in physics and mathematics. Responsibilities included lecturing, grading, and designing exams and homeworks. Breakdown of class levels:
Freshman
Single Variable Calculus II -- Math 102 -- Spring 2015
General Physics -- Phys 125 -- Fall 2018, Fall 2019
Honors Mechanics -- Phys 111 -- Spring 2016, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Honors Electricity and Magnetism -- Phys 112 -- Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Seminar in Physics and Astronomy at Rice and Beyond -- Phys 116 -- Spring 2022
Junior
Introduction to Quantum Physics I -- Phys 311 -- Fall 2015, Fall 2016
Senior
Introduction to Quantum Physics II -- Phys 312-- Fall 2018
Graduate
Mathematical Methods -- Phys 516 -- Spring 2017
Quantum Mechanics II -- Phys 522 -- Spring 2019
PhD Proposal Writing Seminar -- Summer 2020, Summer 2021
Quantum Information Science and Technology -- Elec 660 -- Fall 2021 Guest Lecturer
Peer reviewing experience
29 review in total
APS Physical Review Letters
APS PRX Quantum
APS Physical Review A
APS Physical Review B
IOP Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
SciPost Phys
IOP Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Seminars, talks and conferences
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Contributed posters and oral presentations at more than 18 local and international conferences, workshops, and summer schools
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Session chair at APS March Meetings in 202 and 2021
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Invited talks:
UC Davis, Physics and Astronomy, Davis CA, USA -- November 2021
Universality and magnetism of interacting fermonic systems with SU(N) symmetry
Trinity University, Physics and Astronomy Department, San Antonio TX, USA -- October 2021
Quantum simulation & large spins: Toy models for understanding solids
Rice University, Rice Quantum Group Meeting, Houston TX, USA -- September 2021
Universality and quantum magnetism in the SU(N) symmetric Fermi Hubbard Model
Rice University, Smalley-Curl Institute, Houston TX, USA -- August 2021
Universal thermodynamics of an SU(N) Fermi Hubbard Model
Rice University, Physics and Astronomy Department, Houston TX, USA -- November 2020
Magnetism in the SU(N) Fermi Hubbard Model (virtual)
Physics Institute UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico -- June 2021
An Introduction to Determinant Quantum Monte Carlo (virtual workshop)
Physics Institute UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico -- September 2020
Short-range magnetism in the SU(N) symmetric Fermi Hubbard Model (virtual)
Computer and technical skills
Python (Advanced)
PCB design using CAD (Intermediate)
Fortran and Julia (Intermediate)
Vacuum equipment design using CAD (Intermediate)
Mathematica and C++ (Basic)
Basic machine shop skills (lathe and mill)
Languages
Spanish (native)
French (intermediate)
English (proficient)
German (basic)