I am an experimental physicist who carries out research in the area of elementary particle physics, also referred to as high-energy physics (HEP). I received my Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania in 2003 working on the CDF II experiment at Fermilab. Afterward, I carried out my research work with the BaBar experiment at the SLAC National Accelerator Center as a postdoctoral associate at University of Maryland. I joined Iowa State University in 2009.