Quantum Fluctuations in the Early Universe

In my third year I took two graduate courses, the second of which was a course in quantum field theory on curved spacetime. My final project for the course was a python simulation which sampled from the Klein-Gordon field configuration space (using the Schrodinger field representation) in order to produce plots of quantum fluctuations, which are important to study in...

Advanced Quantum Theory - Lecture Notes

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In my third year I studied from Tobias Osborne’s excellent Advanced Quantum Theory lectures. I took extensive notes for these lectures and designed graphics to go along with the blackboard drawings. Dr. Osborne personally commended my notes and posted them in the comments as well as in the description of each lecture.

iGEM Project 2020 - Functional Tuning of Metalloproteins

The iGEM team is a student-lead research and design team, focusing on engineering applications of synthetic biology. In 2020, we used protein engineering methods (Rosetta, GROMACS, Chimera) to construct a protein which binds more strongly to copper than any known protein. A detailed description of the project can be found at this link. As a team lead, my role...

iGEM Project 2019 - Engineering Herbicide Resistance in Rhizobia

The iGEM team is a student-lead research and design team, focusing on engineering applications of synthetic biology. In 2019, we used protein engineering methods to construct a protein which degrades a particular environmentally-dangerous herbicide. A detailed description of the project can be found at this link. As a team lead, my role was to spearhead the computational modelling of...

iGEM Project 2018 - Optimal Dynamical Control of Bacterial Co-Cultures using Optogenetics

The iGEM team is a student-lead research and design team, focusing on engineering applications of synthetic biology. In 2018, we developed a novel optimal control algorithm for stabilizing mixed-strain bacterial cultures using an optogenetic actuator. A detailed description of the project can be found at this link. The project involved more than 30 team members, working on both the...