Background and experience.
I’m an Aerospace Engineering PhD student at the University of Arizona. I study spacecraft relative motion, formation planning, and inspection missions.
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
What I work on.
In the ASVA Lab with Dr. Eric Butcher, I develop and study methods for planning coordinated spacecraft trajectories. My master’s thesis examined how spacecraft on relative orbits and spacecraft hovering near a tumbling target can share inspection tasks. I’m also interested in trajectory design for cislunar missions.
I completed my MS in Aerospace Engineering in August 2026 and am continuing the same research direction in my PhD. In summer 2026, I was a Starling Swarm CubeSat Systems Engineering Support Intern at NASA Ames Research Center. Before Arizona, I earned a first-class BEng in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Brighton.
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
Experience and education.
- 2026 – PRESENT
- PhD, Aerospace Engineering
University of Arizona · Autonomous Space Vehicles and Astrodynamics Lab - SUMMER 2026
- Starling Swarm CubeSat Systems Engineering Support Intern
NASA Ames Research Center - 2024 – 2026
- MS, Aerospace Engineering
University of Arizona · Completed August 2026 · Advisor: Dr. Eric A. Butcher - 2024 – PRESENT
- Graduate Research Assistant
University of Arizona · Relative orbital mechanics, formation flying, body-fixed hovering, and multi-deputy trajectory optimization - 2020 – 2024
- BEng, Aeronautical Engineering
University of Brighton · First-class honours
Current through September 2026.
TOOLKIT
Methods and tools.
CONNECT
Let’s talk research.
Email me about my research, publications, or experience.