Doctoral Candidates (DCs)

I have a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) with First Class Honours in Physics and a Major in Mathematics at the Univeristy of Queensland, Australia which I graduated with in 2025.

My academic journey began in my first year of undergrad in 2021 through a summer research scholarship at the University of Queensland. I worked experimentally on materials for quantum technology, using a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM), and continued this research for a year as an Assistant Researcher.

In my undergrad, I also did a short research project on the nuclear polarization of muonic atoms. This first introduced me to the world of theoretical atomic physics, which is where my academic and research interests now lie. I am particularly interested in using high-precision atomic calculations to probe for physics beyond the Standard Model. For example, in my honours thesis, I investigated how atomic interactions with the hypothetical axion could lead to atomic processes that could be used to search for dark matter using atomic clocks. I completed this using high-precision atomic calculations to calculate an axion-induced electric dipole moment in some alkaline-earth atom systems (e.g. Mg, Ca, Sr).

I am very excited to be a part of PANIONS and the difficulty that comes with investigating negatively charged ions compared to neutral atoms excites me. I am looking forward to learning a lot, and collaborating. I aim that my research into investigating the theoretical properties of negatively charged ions can be used to probe physics beyond the Standard Model.