Education
Yale University
New Haven CT December 2021
Bachelor of Science in Astronomy & Physics
Coursework: Astrostatistics and Data Mining; Research Methods in Astrophysics; Astronomical Observing; Quantum Mechanics
Princeton University
Princeton NJ Summer 2020
Physics of Life Summer Course
Work Experience
Starfish Space, Simulation Engineer
August 2022 - present
Model physics in a Basilisk physics simulation. One project involved researching how a spacecraft would perform in low Earth orbit, and wrote a model to incapsulate how MSIS drag affects that spacecraft. Improved performance of the simulation. Sped up and made user use easier of the data processing pipeline of the simulation by half. Improved simulation run times by 20%. Led a team of five interns to create a new and improved data visualization tool.
Ski Instructor, Palisades Tahoe
January 2022 - May 2022
Taught three to thirteen year olds how to ski.
Urry Lab
September 2020 - December 2021
Mapped galaxy dust distributions of 109 active galactic nuclei (black holes at the center of galaxies) with infrared and optical data from Hubble Space Telescope a year-long thesis with Professor Urry. Astronomical data calibration and reduction of FITS files accomplished in Python. When the research was complete, adapted my code into a publicly hosted GitHub software package so other astronomers could recreate my work and create attenuation (dust) maps of other galaxies as well. Presented final project at a senior thesis Mellon Forum. The Paul K. Richter and Evalyn E. Cook Richter Memorial Fund funded this research.
Newburgh Lab
September 2019 – August 2020
Created frequency versus intensity graphs of well-known bright stars on the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, a telescope developed in 2018. I compared those graphs to theoretical graphs of the same star to find the statistical accuracy of the new telescope; found 3-5 frequency channels of 1024 over- and under-measuring intensity. Research done in Python, with packages scikit learn, astropy, and scipy, with aid of Cedar supercomputer time. The Paul K. Richter and Evalyn E. Cook Richter Memorial Fund funded this research.
Accenture, summer associate
June 2019 – August 2019
Simplified the National Bank of Greece’s data warehouse with SQL. Met with clients to learn how to improve the user interface of the National Bank of Greece’s mobile application.
The Peabody Museum at Yale
August 2018 – January 2019
Updated the online database system so lending specimens to other institutions is intuitive.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
June 2018 – August 2018
Assessed potential grantees by investigating their finances and conducting interviews for Greece’s leading philanthropy. Organized volunteers and musical performers for week long cultural festival.
Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco
January 2017 - June 2017
Explained exhibits to visitors in San Francisco's hands-on science museum.
Joint Antarctic Science Expedition
Winter 2016, King George Island, Antarctica
National Science Foundation funded cross-cultural research expedition.
Activities and Leadership
Yale Starlab President
September 2017 – December 2021
Write and present planetarium shows to New Haven residents; teach other Yale student presenters how to effectively communicate science.
Yale Alpine Ski Team Captain
September 2017 - December 2021; Captain 2018-2019
Coached teammates and scored highly in races to lead team to an overall finish of second place.
Yale Scientific Magazine Writer
September 2020 - December 2021
Yale Daily News SciTech Writer
September 2020 - December 2021
WYBC Yale Brodcast Radio DJ
September 2017 - December 2021
Present weekly live show on new alternative music
Study Breaks Writing Intern
September 2020 - December 2020
California Academy of Sciences Volunteer
September 2012 - December 2016
Skills
Dual citizen of Finland and USA
Languages: Fluent Spanish, advanced French, beginner Portuguese
Programming languages: Python, C++/C, Bash/Unix scripting, MATLAB, Java, SQL
Software tools: Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, FreeFlyer, Git, Jira, Excel, Photoshop
Awards
Paul K. Richter and Evalyn E. Cook Richter Memorial Fund, 2021
Paul K. Richter and Evalyn E. Cook Richter Memorial Fund, 2020
Conferences
Space Symposium (2023)
Space Generation Fusion Forum (2023)
American Astronomical Society (2021)
Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (2020)
Society for Women in Engineering Conference (2020)
Out in STEM Conference (2020)
Lesbians in Tech Conference (2020)
Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (2020)