The notebook.
Research, teaching, and everything learned along the way.
PhD life
A long shot worth taking
Reflecting on my NSF GRFP application, the mentors who supported me, and the clearer sense of direction I gained for my PhD.
Helping TigerAI take its first steps
Joining a brand-new campus club, being elected president, and helping shape a student-led space for AI learning and outreach.
An unexpected honor
Reflections on being named the 2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher in Chemistry.
A first-place finish at the research forum
Celebrating a Physical and Applied Sciences poster award at the University of Memphis.
Looking back. Moving forward.
Wrapping up a database project and looking ahead to new work in chemistry and cryptography.
The very first entry
The beginning of a journal about learning, coding, and academic life.
Research
My first conference talk. A whole new perspective.
A polymer session, a room full of fresh ideas, and the community that makes science worth sharing.
Bringing chemistry to medicine
Ideas and inspiration from a conference at the intersection of chemistry and cancer research.
A first look into the quantum world
A week of molecular models, electronic-structure calculations, and new ways of thinking.
Sharing PolyCrit at SETCA
Presenting our database to the theoretical chemistry community and finding new directions.
Teaching & outreach
How orbitals mix
Continuously vary s/p/d orbital character, compare wavefunctions and densities, and explore complete sp, sp², sp³, dsp², sp³d, and sp³d² constructions.
Orbitals on the same ruler
Compare sixteen hydrogenic orbitals on one physical scale, explore nuclear-charge contraction, and connect three-dimensional probability surfaces to radial probability distributions.
From wavefunction to orbital
Follow one point through four linked views of a hydrogenic orbital: radial function, angular function, wavefunction cross-section, and three-dimensional probability surface.
A playground for reaction kinetics
An interactive lab for exploring reaction order, concentration, half-life, temperature, and catalysts, with an initial-rate detective challenge.
Can I sell you on Science?
Talking with future students about their goals, the possibilities of a chemistry education, and the difference one conversation can make.
Helping TigerAI take its first steps
Joining a brand-new campus club, being elected president, and helping shape a student-led space for AI learning and outreach.
Electron orbitals you can hold
A 3D-printable orbital display, an interactive exploration, and a plan for hands-on chemistry tutoring at the CCLC.
Opening the door to chemistry
Sharing the path to graduate school with the next generation of chemistry students.
Making chemistry come alive
Sharing computational chemistry, protein models, and hands-on science with high school students.
From summer to semester: AI & big data
Bringing coding and cancer research into a new Honors Forum course.
Where code meets cancer biology
Helping high school students turn Python, real biological data, and curiosity into research.
My first semester on the other side of the lab
Three weeks of General Chemistry Laboratory II, and plenty of learning on both sides of the bench.