I am a 3rd year PhD candidate in the NAV Lab at Stanford, advised by Prof. Grace Gao. My research interests include lunar positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) to enable robust autonomy for the upcoming era of lunar exploration. I am a Knight-Hennessy Scholar and a NSF GRFP Fellow. Part of my research is in collaboration with Blue Origin.
Previous to Stanford, I earned my B.S. from Caltech in mechanical engineering with a minor in aerospace engineering.
News
2026
December
Presented a webinar for the Institute of Navigation (ION). Watch here.
June
Received Robert H. Cannon Jr. Award at Stanford's Aero/Astro Commencement.
May
Passed my PhD Qualifying Exam.
NAV Lab team won the Lunar Autonomy Challenge.
NAV Lab team won the Lunar Autonomy Challenge.
March
Presented my paper at IEEE Aerospace 2025 in Big Sky, MT.
February
Attended the inaugural UN Cislunar PNT Workshop in Vienna, Austria.
2025
October
Presented at the Stanford Center for Position, Navigation, and Time (SCPNT) symposium. Watch here.
September
Presented my paper at ION GNSS+ 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
January
Participated in the Knight-Hennessy Leadership Workshop at the Chaminade Retreat in Santa Cruz.
2024
October
Participated in the Knight-Hennessy First-Year's Retreat at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Monterey.
September
Matriculated at Stanford.
June
Graduated from Caltech.
Awarded Caltech's 2023 Mechanical Engineering Prize.
Awarded Caltech's 2023 Mechanical Engineering Prize.
April
Accepted the Knight-Hennessy and NSF GRFP fellowships.
February
Accepted into Stanford's Aero/Astro PhD program.
2023
News
2026
December
Presented a webinar for the Institute of Navigation (ION). Watch here.
June
Received Robert H. Cannon Jr. Award at Stanford's Aero/Astro Commencement.
May
Passed my PhD Qualifying Exam.
NAV Lab team won the Lunar Autonomy Challenge.
NAV Lab team won the Lunar Autonomy Challenge.
March
Presented my paper at IEEE Aerospace 2025 in Big Sky, MT.
February
Attended the inaugural UN Cislunar PNT Workshop in Vienna, Austria.
2025
October
Presented at the Stanford Center for Position, Navigation, and Time (SCPNT) symposium. Watch here.
September
Presented my paper at ION GNSS+ 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
January
Participated in the Knight-Hennessy Leadership Workshop at the Chaminade Retreat in Santa Cruz.
2024
October
Participated in the Knight-Hennessy First-Year's Retreat at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Monterey.
September
Matriculated at Stanford.
June
Graduated from Caltech.
Awarded Caltech's 2023 Mechanical Engineering Prize.
Awarded Caltech's 2023 Mechanical Engineering Prize.
April
Accepted the Knight-Hennessy and NSF GRFP fellowships.
February
Accepted into Stanford's Aero/Astro PhD program.
2023
Publications
Journal Articles
On the Slip Correction Factor for Simple Gas Molecules Diffusing in Air
AIAA Journal, 60(8), 4744-4753, April 2022
Conference Proceedings
Design of a Lunar Architecture for Tree Traversal in Service of Cabled Exploration
AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, AIAA 2023-0020, January 2023
Received 1st place at 2022 AIAA Region VI Student Conference
Design of a Modular and Orientable Electrodynamic Shield for Lunar Dust Mitigation
AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, AIAA 2022-2623, December 2021
Received Best Team Paper Award at 2022 AIAA International Student Conference
Press Releases & Mentions
Nov 2022
Aug 2022
Nov 2021
Service
Teaching Experience
Jan - Jun '23
Experiments & Modeling in Mechanical Engineering, ME 50ab | Prof. Michael Mello, Caltech
Oct '21 - Mar '22
Thermal Science, ME 11ab | Prof. Guillaume Blanquart, Caltech
Oct - Dec '20
Thinking Like an Engineer, ME 10 | Prof. José Andrade, Caltech
Mentoring
Sep '24 - Now
EDGE Mentor
Mentored 4 EDGE fellows in Civil Engineering and Aero Astro.
Invited Talks & Experiences
Dec '25
Institute of Navigation (ION) Webinar
Invited to give a webinar on my NAVIGATION paper, "Single-Satellite Lunar
Navigation via Doppler Shift Observables for NASA Endurance Mission."
[Video]
Feb '25
United Nations (UN) Cis-Lunar PNT Workshop
Attended the Joint ICG-IOAG Multilateral Cis-Lunar PNT Workshop in Vienna, Austria
Oct '24
Stanford Center for Position, Navigation, and Time (SCPNT)
Invited to be a student speaker at SCPNT 2024.
[Video]
Volunteering
Ongoing
Reviewed papers for ION NAVIGATION and IEEE TAES
Oct '25 - Now
Vice President of Women in Aero/Astro (WIAA), Stanford
Dec '23 - Now
Member of Aero/Astro's Student Advisory Committee, Stanford
Jan - Apr '25
Student Member of Aero/Astro Faculty Search Committee, Stanford
Apr '24 - Mar '25
Member of Knight-Hennessy's Scholar Experience Committee, Stanford
Honors
Jun 2025
Robert H. Cannon Jr. Fellowship, Stanford
Awarded to a graduate student who is pursuing the highest standards
of academic leadership, cooperation, and research ($1,000 award)
Sep 2023
Knight-Hennessy Fellowship, Stanford
Program to prepare graduate students to be visionary, courageous, and
collaborative leaders. Three years of funding.
Sep 2023
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Awarded for the potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers, early in
their careers. Three years of funding.
Sep 2023
EDGE Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford
Awarded for academic accomplishments and the potential to contribute to the
diversity of perspectives in academia.
Jun 2023
Mechanical Engineering Prize, Caltech
Awarded to B.S. candidate whose academic performance has demonstrated outstanding
original thinking and creativity, as judged by a faculty committee ($1,000 prize)
Sep 2022
AIAA David and Catherine Thompson Space Technology Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduates who demonstrate strong potential as a future aerospace
professional ($10,000 award)
Apr 2022
Tau Beta Pi (TBP) Scholar, Caltech
Invited to be a member of the TBP honors society for being
in the top 1/8 of Caltech engineering majors by GPA
Feb 2022
NASA BIG Idea Challenge Finalist
Received the Visionary Concept Award out of seven Finalist teams
($180,000
grant)
Feb 2021
NASA BIG Idea Challenge Finalist
Received the Best Product Development Award out of seven Finalist teams
($180,000 grant)
Side Interests
Outside of the office, I enjoy figure skating and piano. I competed in figure skating growing up and returned to the sport in graduate school. I now skate with the Stanford Figure Skating Club team. I have played piano since age 4. Now, I just play for fun.
