Physics, Mathematics, Planetary Science
The guy who biked 3,700 miles from San Francisco to D.C.
I research other planets.
Jupiter's moon Europa has an ocean under a shell of ice. NASA's Europa Clipper will look through that shell with a radar called REASON. In Dustin Schroeder's Radio Glaciology Lab, I build bench-top stand-ins for the ice, sand with copper mixed in to play the part of brine, and measure what they do to a radar signal.
The goal is a catalog: if Clipper hears a certain echo, what's in the ice?
I teach.
In the summer of 2024 I rode 3,500 miles from San Francisco to D.C. with Stanford Spokes, stopping in towns along the way to teach. At almost every stop I ran a Star Trek–style escape room I built in the first week: kids learned Newton's laws, heat, fluids, and states of matter, then used them to run the ship.
Now I tutor math, physics, chemistry, and the ACT, online and around the Bay Area. I don't lecture. I ask questions until the student works it out.
The Girl in the Yellow Dress
Co-written with Tal Hughes. Back at Timpanogos Valley Theatre with a revised script and a new cast.
Cargo Cult
Xenith
Science fiction.
25+ productions
Most recently Fyodor Kulygin in Three Sisters at Stanford.
Where it started
The first run, at Heber City's oldest theatre.
Poetry
Essays and notes
Posted as I go.
Baritone
Classical and musical theatre. Midway Swiss Days every year.
Signing Time!
A child performer, a long time ago.
Storytelling workshop
Co-led with Kawther Said at Stanford Sierra Camp on the Spokes ride.
Re: Penitent Smith
A mixed-media sculpture in The ITALIC Atlas.
“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”
Ursula K. Le Guin
I solve interesting problems.
I build escape rooms: puzzles you can walk into, which I mostly use to teach. For Science Olympiad I built a catapult called The Little Doctor, and it took first in state.
Also: drone survey protocols for the Utah DNR in high school.
I keep learning outside.
Home is Midway, Utah, in the Wasatch Back, so the mountains are close. I bike tour, backpack, climb, and swim. I spent the summer of 2026 as the mountain bike guide at Stanford Sierra Camp on Fallen Leaf Lake, and I'm working toward my private pilot license.
Each one asks for something different: a checklist and the weather before every flight, the day's miles and my own repairs on a tour, the slowest rider's pace when I'm guiding. It's also where I go when I need to think.
Send me a message
Questions about tutoring or research are welcome. So is just saying hello!
Or email me at [email protected].