Research centers on manipulating and measuring single molecules with quantum-level precision. Primary platform: ABEL trap (Anti-Brownian ELectrokinetic trap) for single-molecule confinement in free solution without surface tethering, enabling measurement of spectroscopic identity, molecular dynamics, and nanoscale energy transfer at femtomolar concentrations. Also develops orientation-resolved single-molecule imaging and single-molecule FRET for photoadaptation in photosynthetic systems and nanoscale immune cell signaling. QuBBE member. PhD Physics UChicago; joined 2024.