Education: B.S. in Physics, University of New Orleans , with a minor in Applied Mathematics

Experience:

• Tutor, Chicago HOPES Homeless Education Program
• International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting, New Entrant Stipend Award, Berlin, May 2007
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Medical Physics, Spring 2007
• Teaching Assistant, Interactions of Radiation with Matter, Autumn 2006
• Volunteer, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, January 2004-February 2005
• SULI Intern, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Radiation Protection Department , Summer 2004
• LS-LAMP and CCZARS Louisiana Research Conference, October 29-31, 2004, 1st place in Oral Competition, Physics category
• Many trivial jobs during undergrad like waitressing, clerical, voodoo shop manager, blah, blah, blah, which REALLY motivated me to finish school!

If you'd like to know more, here's a link to my CV.

 

Publications:

•  Setup and Calibration of SLAC's Peripheral Monitoring Stations, C.Cooper, A. Wood, J. Colon, J. Liu, R. Seefred (2004)

Posters, etc:

• San Antonio Breast Conference 2007, Pushing the limits: very high spatial resolution spectroscopic MR imaging of the human breast
• AAPM 48th Annual Meeting, July 30-August 3, 2006, Accounting for Tissue Heterogeneities in Head and Neck IMRT Plans Increases Planning Target Volume and Spinal Cord Doses

What I'm doing now:

• I am a third year Ph.D. student in the Medical Physics program.  I am currently working with Dr. Karczmar's research group in the MRIS lab.

What I'm doing in the future:

• Going home to New Orleans in December!
• Working on my first paper as a pre-doctoral student!