I joined the Laser-Plasma Accelerator Group in October 2022 under the supervision of Professor Simon Hooker. As a DPhil/PhD student, I work on developing new types of hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized (HOFI) plasma channels to guide fresh laser pulses into multistage laser-plasma particle accelerators. Since these channels are formed from the plasma itself, they will not get damaged when used to guide high-intensity laser pulses with kHz repetition rates.
I hold a BSc in Mathematical Physics (Honours, co-operative) from the University of Waterloo, Canada. While in the co-op programme there, I had the opportunity to do research work in cold atom physics, particle physics, quantum chemistry, and quantum optics at UWaterloo, CERN (remotely), the National Research Council Canada, and the National Laboratory for AMO Physics Poland.