Teaching, mentoring and service
I have taught at levels ranging from elementary-school workshops to a graduate course in statistical mechanics, and I organize research workshops on the string landscape and the axiverse.
Teaching
- 2027Invited lecturer, Axions in String TheoryCERN Winter School
Teaching assistant, Cornell University
- 2022, 2020Introductory Mechanics
- 2021, 2018Quantum Mechanics (PHYS 3316)
- 2020Statistical Mechanics (PHYS 6562, graduate)
- 2019, 2017Electricity and Magnetism (PHYS 3327)
- 2019Oscillations and Waves (PHYS 2214/2218)
- 2019Introductory Mechanics, laboratory instructor
- 2018General Relativity (PHYS 4445)
Grader, Reed College
- 2016, 2015Modern Physics
- 2015, 2014Oscillations and Waves
Mentoring
- 2024–presentMentor, Strings Mentoring ProgramMentoring graduate students on research, work–life balance and postdoctoral applications.
Outreach
- 2024Instructor, Cambridge Math CircleTaught mathematics enrichment courses for elementary-school students.
- 2023Podcast guest, People Behind Physics, Episode 9Discussed string theory, graduate school and work–life balance.
- 2022Fireside chat, Society of Physics Students, CornellAnswered undergraduate questions about graduate school and being a woman in physics.
- 2021Public talk, “Axions in String Theory,” Society of Physics Students, CornellAn introductory talk on axions, string theory and current research.
- 2019Workshop leader, Expanding Your Horizons, CornellDesigned and led workshops on the physics of bubbles for middle-school girls.
- 2018–2019GRASSHOPR Fellow, CornellDesigned and taught a quantum mechanics and optics mini-course for a local high-school physics class.
- 2018Workshop leader, Upward Bound, CornellDesigned and led workshops on superconductivity for high-school students from underserved communities.
- 2018Physics tutorTutored high-school students in AP Physics weekly.
- 2016Workshop leader, New Zealand Maths Craft Festival, Auckland MuseumRan mathematics workshops for elementary-school children.
- 2013Education intern, Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryDesigned, built and presented physics demonstrations.
Professional service
Workshops organized
- 2026String Theory and the Observable UniverseCo-organizer with J. Moritz, E. Pajer and M. Reece. Three-week summer workshop, Aspen Center for Physics.
- 2025Prospects for the String AxiverseLead organizer. Five-day workshop, Banff International Research Station.
- 2024Surveying the LandscapeCo-organizer. University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- 2023Theoretical Tests of the LandscapeCo-organizer. University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Refereeing
- 2024–presentJournal of High Energy Physics; Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Department service
- 2022Judge, Cornell Undergraduate Research Symposium
- 2020Judge, Cornell Undergraduate Research Fall Forum
- 2018–2022Graduate-student panelist on applying to graduate school, Cornell University