Technical Awards
iWOE Prize in Oxide Electronics for Excellence in Research. (2023)
Matter Journal’s “35 Under 35” Tackling Challenges in Materials Science (2023)
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine) (2020)
University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020-21)
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Professional Scholarship (2017)
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Chevron Scholarship (2016)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2013-2018)
GEM Consortium Fellowship (2013)
University of Minnesota Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (2012)
ASM International – William & Mary Dyrkacz Scholarship (2012)
Donald Leask Fuller Scholarship – Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (2012)
ASM Minnesota Scholarship (2012)
Charles A. Mann Scholarship – Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (2011)
Minnesota High Tech Association Student Scholarship (2011)
ASM International – Dr. George A Roberts Scholarship (2011)
Exxon Mobil LOFT Fellowship – Hispanic Heritage Foundation (2011)
College of Science and Engineering – ADC Foundation Scholarship Fund (2011)
Minnesota Space Grant Consortium Scholarship Award (2010,2011)
University of Minnesota Presidential Scholarship Award (2009-2013)
University of Minnesota President's Distinguished Student Scholarship (2009-2013)
Invited Presentations & Talks
American Ceramics Society, Electronic Materials and Applications (2024) – Invited Talk
Intermag Sendai, Japan (2023) – Invited Talk
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) (2023) – Invited Talk
5th Functional Oxide Thin Films for Advanced Energy and Information Technology Conference (2023)– Invited Talk
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Materials Science Seminar (2023) – Invited Talk
WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Re-thinking Spintronics (2023) - Invited Talk
Brown University Condensed Matter Physics Seminar (2022) - Invited Talk
International Conference on Quantum Materials and Technologies (2022) - Invited Talk
Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (2022) - Invited Talk
Trends in Magnetism Conference (2022) - Invited Talk
Northwestern University, Materials Science and Eng. Seminar (2022) – Invited Talk
Carnegie Mellon University, Materials Science and Eng. Seminar (2022) – Invited Talk
Brown University Joint Materials and Solid Mechanics Seminar (2022) – Invited Talk
University of Pennsylvania, Materials Science and Eng. Seminar (2022) – Invited Talk
Georgia Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Eng. Seminar (2022) – Invited Talk
University of Minnesota, Chemical Eng. and Materials Science Seminar (2022) – Invited Talk
Cornell University Special Seminar, Materials Science and Engineering (2021) – Invited Talk
University of Tennessee, Nashville Materials Science Seminar (2021) – Invited Talk
University of California, Santa Barbara Materials Colloquium (2021)– Invited Talk
University of California, Irvine MSE Special Seminar(2021) – Invited Talk
Online Spintronics Seminar, spintalks.org (2021) – Invited Talk
University of California, Santa Cruz ECE Seminar – Invited Talk
APS March Meeting (2021) – Invited Talk
Hsinchu Oxide Online Forum, Taiwan (2021) – Invited Talk
Joint European Magnetic Symposium (2020) – Invited Talk
Magnetic Materials (MMM) (2020) – Invited Talk
Conference of Ford Fellows (2020)
NEMM Magnetics Seminar – UC, Berkeley (2020) – Invited Talk
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar – UC, Berkeley (2020) – Invited Talk
UC, Berkeley Beyond Moore’s Law Seminar (2020) – Invited Talk
INTERMAG 2020 – Invited Talk (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) (2019)
LaserLab Europe User Meeting (2020) – Invited Talk
LBNL Molecular Foundry (2020) – Invited Talk
nCORE SMART SRC Annual Review (2019)
APS March Meeting (2019)
Materials Research Society (MRS) Conference (2019) - Student Gold Award
Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)/InterMag (2019)
Joint European Magnetic Symposium (2018)
International Colloquium on Magnetic Films and Surfaces - Best Student Presentation (2018)
International Conference on Magnetism (ICM) (2018)
Physical Electronics Conference (2018)
Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM)/InterMag (2016)
AVS International Symposium and Exhibition (2015)
APS March Meeting (2015)
C-SPIN Annual Review (2014-2018)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
iMatSci Innovation Showcase Finalist, MRS (2018)
MIT DMSE Lemelson-Vest Award for Student Innovation (2018)
Sandbox Student Innovation Fund (2018-2019)
Other Awards
University of Minnesota, College of Science and Engineering Dean’s List (2009-2013)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (2011-2013)