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Research Physicist

Carnegie Mellon University

Leading CMS Run 3 inclusive ttH(bb) and di-Higgs searches, machine learning developments, and scalable multi-backend workflows.

• Leading the CMS Run 3 inclusive ttH(bb) analysis, spearheading a modernized strategy that substantially outperforms previous measurements.
• Co-leading CMS Run 3 di-Higgs (HH) searches in the bbbb and bbWW channels; pioneered low-pT jet strategies boosting overall HH -> bbbb sensitivity by 10% and HH -> bbWW sensitivity by ~20%.
• Developing machine learning algorithms to enhance signal classification and improve background modeling via out-of-sample density ratio estimation.
• Co-supervising Ph.D. and Master's students on di-Higgs searches, inclusive ttH(bb) measurements, and machine learning applications.
• Architecting scalable Snakemake workflows and CI/CD pipelines executing across Slurm, Kubernetes, and HTCondor backends.
• Administering the local CMU physics computing cluster (GPU hardware, Slurm scheduling, and software environments).

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Carnegie Mellon University

Co-led the CMS Run 2 di-Higgs to 4b analysis group, served as CMS Workflow Orchestration Convener, and established analysis preservation infrastructure.

• Served as CMS Workflow Orchestration and Analysis Preservation Group Convener (Sept 2024 -- Sept 2026), establishing tutorials and standards adopted community-wide.
• Co-led the CMS Run 2 di-Higgs to four b-quark (bbbb) analysis group, improving sensitivity by 30% using data-driven background estimations and synthetic datasets.
• Fully preserved the Run 2 analysis workflow (120+ jobs) using Snakemake and REANA.
• Designed and deployed multiple CI/CD pipelines (up to 50+ jobs) for automated software validation.
• Administered the local group computing cluster (Slurm queues, GPU nodes) and instructed CMS-wide workflow training sessions.

Visitor Researcher

ETH Zurich

Automating validation and finalizing jet substructure studies.

• Developed continuous integration pipelines to automate jet substructure software validation.
• Finalized measurements of jet substructure observables in high transverse momentum environments.

Postdoctoral Researcher

ETH Zurich

Higgs measurements in the boosted regime and jet substructure leadership.

• Key contributor to the Higgs boson measurement in the ttH(bb) channel (boosted regime).
• Led jet substructure measurements in different high transverse momentum jet topologies.
• Supervised and mentored graduate and undergraduate students on jet and heavy-flavour identification.
• Contributed to commissioning boosted taggers and pileup mitigation for Run 3.

Graduate Research Assistant

Rutgers University

Search for pair-produced dijet resonances and trigger development.

• Primary analyst for search of pair-produced dijet resonances using jet substructure techniques.
• Designed and implemented the first CMS jet substructure triggers.
• Supervised and mentored undergraduate, high school, and REU student projects.

Ph.D.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Experimental High Energy Physics

B.Sc.

Escuela Politecnica Nacional

Physics

2026 Junior CMS LPC Distinguished Researcher

LHC Physics Center at Fermilab

Recognizes and supports early-career researchers conducting independent research at the LPC.

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Awarded for significant contributions to the understanding of the Higgs boson within the CMS Collaboration.

Student Travel Award

American Physical Society (APS) - DPF

Travel fellowship to present contributions to paired dijet resonance searches.

CERN Summer Student Fellowship

CERN

Selected for prestigious summer student research program on Higgs decay channels.

Visitor Undergraduate Scientist Fellowship

LHC Physics Center at Fermilab

Fellowship to conduct undergraduate research on heavy scalar bosons.