My research interests have been primarily in defects in nanomaterials and identifying potential single photon emitters and defects responsible for observed photoluminescence peaks and developing models to describe how to predict the energy and stability of these defects.  Recently, I have been focused on improving the physics education experience for students, particularly in Physics I and II.  My most recent project was developing a new lab manual for Physics I which I have been using in my Summer class, which builds on the activities from previous semesters but with the addition of more images and highlighting important variables to better communicate the tasks for the activities.  Currently, I am interested in improving the general physics experience through means such as using a Discord channel for more effective instructor-student and student-student communication, writing comprehensive questions for students to better capture the full idea of the topics discussed in class, and even improving the current lecture slides.  I believe communication is key to physics and my primary goal is to help contribute to make the physics education experience for students across multiple disciplines to be a fruitful and interesting experience.