Andrew is an alumnus of the Applied Physics Graduate program. He was a part of the Materials Physics or Energy Management Lab (MPEM), where his research focused on the structural and optical properties of perovskite based materials and heterostructures. Within MPEM, he helped design and characterizes low dimensional perovskites for quantum information, nonlinear optics, and energy-efficient optoelectronic applications. 

Prior to Rice, Andrew grew up in the Chicagoland area and received a B.S. in both Physics and Chemistry from the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 2017. He completed his senior thesis on the subject of ferromagnetism in thin films and worked as a research technologist at Aptinyx Inc., whose research focused on discovery and design of neuro-therapeutics.

Andrew held many teaching roles in his extracurricular activities and was a previous 2022-2023 CTE Graduate Fellow. In the field of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Andrew wants to focus on student motivation and how to cultivate curriculums to make them more equitable.