Jacob joined the HSX lab as a graduate student in 2024. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. He previously interned at the W7-X in Greifswald, Germany for the summer of 2023, where he analyzed Gas Puff Imaging (GPI) data using computer vision machine learning techniques. Now he is working with Thea Energy for the summer of 2024 to run simulations for a Fusion Power Plant (FPP) reactor study.