The origins and acceleration mechanisms of the highest energy particles in the Universe are among the most enduring mysteries of modern physics. Studies of cosmic rays led to the birth of elementary particle physics. Over 100 years later, we use the Earth's atmosphere, Antarctic ice, and ocean water as part of our detectors to solve this century-old puzzle. Does the Standard Model hold at these extreme high energies? Could these particles be decay or annihilation products of dark matter?

During PhD I was at the University of Leeds (United Kingdom) and University of Wuppertal (Germany) to search for ultra-high energy photons using data from the Pierre Auger Observatory. Previously I was a postdoc researcher at Chiba University (Japan) and worked for the IceCube Neutrino Telescope.

I have been a co-convener of the Diffuse/Atmospheric working group in IceCube since 2021 and serving on the realtime oversight committee. My group at WIPAC works on a wide range of topics including realtime multi-messenger, Galactic plane neutrino searches, Diffuse neutrino analysis and in particular searches for >10 PeV neutrinos. In our spare time we make new sensor designs for the future IceCube-Gen2 neutrino telescope. In 2023, I received the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics ( IUPAP ) early career award for advancing high-energy neutrino astronomy in the PeV energy range with IceCube. In 2019, I was honored with the IceCube Impact Award for leading the ICEcuBE AR project, applying spatial computing for science outreach.