Alexis hails from Connecticut and earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Michigan in 2020. She has a strong interest in detector hardware and began working on the ATLAS muon spectrometer in 2018. She is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and currently works on the New Small Wheel upgrade to the muon spectrometer. Alexis particularly enjoys being outside, playing chess, reading, welcoming new students to CERN, and giving tours of the ATLAS cavern.