Curriculum Vitae

Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Mashrur “Ronnie” Chowdhury's group, Glenn Department of Civil Engineering. Research in quantum machine learning, cybersecurity, and cyber-physical systems, with applications to infrastructure and transportation.

Graduated May 2026. Undergraduate research in quantum computing and topological condensed matter.

Research in Dr. Mashrur “Ronnie” Chowdhury's group on quantum machine learning, cybersecurity, and cyber-physical systems, with applications to infrastructure and transportation.

Developed an attention-based multiple-instance learning pipeline mapping sparse conductance measurements to the disorder-aware periodic disorder invariant in finite, disordered Majorana nanowires. Generated ground-truth PDI phase diagrams via HPC parameter sweeps in KWANT and built the data pipeline feeding a ResNet-18 encoder trained across disorder realizations.

Implemented VQE for Kitaev chain Hamiltonians in Dr. Larry Deschaine's group to resolve Majorana edge-state signatures and reproduce benchmark ground-state energies. Evaluated candidate materials using band gaps, Berry curvature, and coherence-time metrics for high-temperature operation.

Prepared layered AgCrP₂Se₆ samples via mechanical exfoliation in Dr. Rahul Rao's group and characterized thickness and crystal quality with AFM. Collected excitation-energy-dependent Raman and photoluminescence measurements at room and cryogenic temperatures; data published in ACS Nano (2025).

Prepared and coated supercapacitor electrodes in Dr. Apparao Rao's group and performed cyclic voltammetry to evaluate electrochemical performance. Measured thermal diffusivity on a Linseis Laser Flash system supporting thermal characterization of novel carbon-based materials.

President (Oct 2026 – Present); Vice President (Aug 2024 – Oct 2026). Adapted SC Quantum's Quantathon model for Clemson; co-led university-scale hackathons and year-round student programming. Designed and built the club website, delivered workshops, and coordinated faculty and industry partnerships plus student travel to quantum hackathons across the U.S. and UAE.

Selected to the Qiskit Advocate program; contribute to community education, workshops, and Qiskit ecosystem resources. Hosted and co-organized IBM Qiskit Fall Fest at Clemson (2024, 2025); completed Qiskit Global Summer School (2025); attended IBM Quantum Developer Conference (2025).

Alice & Bob challenge: automated control optimization for dissipative cat qubits.

Superquantum challenge: Reed-Muller decoding-based Clifford+T circuit optimizer.

Grant supporting continued NISQ-era quantum computing work.

DoraHacks challenge: verifiable quantum random number generation, validated with the NIST Statistical Test Suite.