Graduate Student; FOMP Organizer; Philosophy with Kids Coordinator
About
Fields of study:
Philosophies of physics, applied math, and chemistry
About:
Born and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania, I studied at the University of Pittsburgh, earning bachelor's degrees in philosophy and chemical engineering (2014). Afterwards, I went to Cambridge as an M.Phil. student in history and philosophy of science (2015), where I fell in love with pasties.
My research focuses on expressive flexibility in physics and chemistry. Specifically, I am interested in the significance of different formalisms for expressing symmetry and how representation theory provides a uniform methodology for (parts of) physics and chemistry. I deal mostly with symmetry arguments concerning molecules, atoms, nuclei, and elementary particles.
Within philosophy of science, my research has broader implications for accounts of scientific explanation, understanding, idealization, and laws of nature. I am interested in exploring how these issues connect with topics in philosophy of language and epistemology. My other philosophical interests include Wittgenstein and the philosophy of mathematics (especially mathematical practice).
For fun, I play ping pong (welcoming challengers!) and cycle.
