I am a researcher specializing in astronomical instrumentation and observational astronomy, with extensive hands-on experience across multiple large-scale NASA-funded projects. At the Hamden Lab, I started by helping build EMCCD test setups and aiding quantum efficiency testing with our monochromator, vacuuming, purging, and running the experimental pipeline. I co-built the first in-flight capable calibration system for the balloon-borne telescope FIREBall-2, a contribution that earned me a second-author paper published in JATIS. My work extended to optical alignment, bonding, and integrating optics into the spectrograph, culminating in my participation in two flight campaigns at NASA's Columbia Scientific Ballooning Facility in 2022 and 2023. I have also worked with CHαS, an IFU deployed at MDM Observatory on Kitt Peak, where I contributed to observing runs, commissioning, and data analysis—work that resulted in my first-author paper on the ionized gas kinematics of NGC 7331. I am part of NASA's Aspera SmallSat mission, supporting optical calibration and ground payload assembly tasks, including cleaning, assembling, and aligning flight hardware. I aim to push the boundaries of astronomical instrumentation and drive innovation in the field.