About Me

I’m a software-oriented physicist with a Ph.D. in experimental particle physics, specialising in large-scale data analysis, statistical modelling, and scientific computing.

During my PhD at Florida State University, I worked with terabyte-scale datasets, developed reproducible analysis pipelines, and built high-performance tools in Python and C++ within distributed HPC environments. My work combined statistical inference, optimisation, and workflow automation to extract meaningful signals from complex data.

I’m now transitioning into industry roles in data science and research software engineering. I focus on building scalable, production-ready systems, from multithreaded data pipelines to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications combining embeddings, search, and LLMs.

I’m particularly interested in roles at the intersection of data, machine learning, and scientific or healthcare applications, where rigorous analysis and real-world impact meet.

Selected Projects

**amptoolsManager**
A multithreaded command-line Python tool for carrying out SDME and PWA measurements of GlueX data with AmpTools.

**rag-search-engine**
Retrieval-augmented search engine that blends vector embeddings with traditional keyword scoring for fast AI-assisted lookups.

learning_webdev — **Web projects**
Collection of projects for learning web development.

Education

University

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Florida State University, USA
2020-2024
Thesis: Photoproduction of K⁰̄K⁰ with the GlueX Experiment

Master of Science in Physics Florida State University, USA
2017-2020
Thesis: A Study of γp → K_S⁰K_S⁰p With The GlueX Experiment

Bachelor of Science in Physics Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Rio Piedras, PR
2010-2017

Certificates

Learn Retrieval Augmented Generation 2026
Certificate

Learn CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Docker and Go 2026
Certificate

Applied Machine Learning in Python 2025
Certificate

SQL for Data Science 2025
Certificate

Learning Linux for LFCA Certification 2024
Certificate

Public Speaking

Conferences

Two-Pseudoscalar Spectroscopy at GlueX Invited talk
2023 JLUO Annual Meeting · Indico
Jefferson Lab, Virginia, United States of America · June 26–28, 2023

Photoproduction of K⁰̄K⁰ with the GlueX Experiment Talk
2022 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America · October 27–30, 2022

A Study of γp → K_SK_Sp with the GlueX Experiment Talk
88th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society
Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America · November 18–20, 2021

A Study of γp → K_SK_Sp with the GlueX Experiment Poster
2021 JLUO Annual Meeting
Jefferson Lab, Virginia, United States of America · June 21–23, 2021

Colloquium

Hadron Photoproduction at GlueX Invited talk
EMMI Hadron Physics Seminar
Darmstadt, Germany · March 12, 2025

Understanding Nuclear Physics Through Hadron Spectroscopy Invited talk
Colloquium at Union College, New York, United States of America · September 26, 2024

Publications

Observation of a two-peak structure in the 1.2–2.0 GeV K_SK_L mass region — Working paper

Measurement of Spin-Density Matrix Elements in φ(1020) → K_SK_L Photoproduction with a Linearly Polarized Photon Beam at E_γ=8.2–8.8 GeV — Primary contributor · Phys. Rev. C 112, 025203 (2025) · arXiv:2504.01194

First Measurement of a₂⁰(1320) Polarized Photoproduction Cross Section Phys. Rev. C 112, 015204 (2025) · arXiv:2501.03091

Measurement of Spin-Density Matrix Elements in Δ⁺⁺(1232) Photoproduction Phys. Lett. B 863, 139368 (2025) · arXiv:2406.12829

An Upper Limit on the Photoproduction Cross Section of the Spin-Exotic π₁(1600) Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 261903 · arXiv:2407.03316

Full publication list

Teaching

Thermal and Statistical Physics Grader
2023 Spring Semester

Classical Mechanics‑II Grader
2022 Fall Semester

Physics‑I Laboratory Algebra based
2019 Fall Semester

Physics‑II Laboratory Calculus based
2019 Spring Semester

Physics‑I Laboratory Calculus based
2018 Fall Semester