outside my apartment  I am a PhD candidate in applied physics at Rice University  and a member of Dan Mittleman's research group.  My  research involves studying the properties of certain  materials using Terahertz radiation. I also  work on  investigating more efficient ways of guiding terahertz       radiation.
    My undergraduate work was in Physics at  Southern  University, Baton Rouge where I was affiliated  with the  science and engineering honor organization named  Timbuktu academy headed up by Dr. Diola Bagayoko. After  my undergraduate work, I remained at Southern and  pursued a masters in Physics with a concentration in astronomy. My research advisor was Greg Stacy.