I am currently a Director of Engineering at Optimus Ride in Boston, Massachusetts. Optimus Ride is dedicated to developing and deploying autonomous vehicle technology in geofenced environments. As the Director of our Estimation & Optimization Group, my team is responsible for mapping, localization, sensor calibration, sensor fusion, simulation, and more.
Prior to joining Optimus Ride, I completed a PhD in the Yale Physics Department doing research in neutrino physics. Neutrinos are produced in radioactive decays or in nuclear reactions, such as those that power the sun and other stars. The properties of the neutrino may help us understand why matter dominated over antimatter in the early universe, leading to the stars, planets, and galaxies that we see today. I worked with Profs. Karsten Heeger and Reina Maruyama on CUORE, an experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Assergi, Italy.
In addition to my work, I love playing and listening to music. I’m an avid violinist and violist, and am a member of the Boston Civic Symphony. I also enjoy spending time in nature, observing and photographing birds and other wildlife.