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Welcome To My Portfolio

Hello! I'm Aspen Johnson, a passionate 3rd year student at Mercer University with a Mathematics and Finance major and a Physics minor.

My curiosity drives me to take risks in hopes of understanding the world, as I believe the more you inquire and probe, the closer you get to a breakthrough.

Experience & Extracurriculars

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Mercer Mathematics Department
Est. Fall 2026 Semester

Modelling basketball trajectories as parabolas based on an angle, theta, a release point, and basket constraints

Financial Analyst

Zinzino USA, West Palm Beach FL
May 2025 - Present

Digitized 90%+ of comapnies prior process and documented a repeatable workflow for future employees.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Mercer University Economics Department
Jan 2025 - Present

Co-authored a paper on the Hessian-filter scaled Beta-t-EGARCH volatility model under Prof. Blazsek. (Manuscript under review)

Front Desk Receptionist

Mercer Athletics Department
Jan 2025 - May 2025

Assisted Mercer Athletics Department with reorganizing their staff directory, handling phone calls regarding inquiries from sports events, camp registration, to guidance to other departments on campus.

Women's Basketball Athlete

Mercer University
Jun 2022 - Jan 2025

Balanced a full STEM course load with ~20 hrs/week of training, film, travel, and competition; maintained a 3.4 major GPA.

Skills & Interest

Relevant Courses

Calculus I–III Linear Algebra(Fa25') Differential Equations (Sp26') Market Analysis & Portfolio Mgmt International Finance Physics I & II(Fa25',Sp26')

Programming Tools/ Software

Python Java GAUSS HTML/CSS Git R Exigo Authorize.net EViews MS Office

Current Interests

Minkowski Diagrams Hamiltonian Mechanics Basic 3D Printing DIY Reflow Oven Feynman Propagators AWS Braket IBM Intro to ML

My Projects

Pendulum Simulation (C++)

Goal: Simulate a simple pendelum system with fixed and known components such as the point of suspension, string tension, and angular displacement.
Coming Soon... Learning C++...
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Portfolio_v-2

This portfolio has been in the "works" since the beginning of summer, and is a direct representation of what new exciting things come when you least expect it/ return from crashing out about it.
Pure HTML/CSS/JS; CSS Grid, Flexbox, glassmorphism, particle system, smooth scrolling, and section-aware nav, are just a few of the many features integrated into this portfolio. I am most proud of the login screen as it took the longest to scheme and protoype and get just right.
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Remittances In Sub-Sahara Africa

Econometric analysis showing remittance inflows positively impact export performance in 12 SSA countries...
Panel regression, fixed effects, robustness checks; policy insights for leveraging remittances to boost trade.This paper, was apart of a semester long research project for FIN451 at Mercer University under Professor Tah. My classmate, Amine Blebaid and I had ALOT of hiccups to overcome during this project, as well as transitioning from EViews to programming and running our descriptive statistics in R (mid project may I add), having to program the code ourelves with the assistance of Professor Szabolcs "Szabi" Blazsek.
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EDA on Car Prices

Linear regression predicting prices from user-rated condition and features...
This project was an entry point for me as a developer to the space of machine learning as well as econometric models. This also contained alot of interesting caveats as it was my first time working with Jupyter as well as attempting to run the project from the terminal and use Git command. In the end, I lerned alot about the terminal, both on Windows and on Mac, and was able to create a model, who did poorly when I needed it most, but had the ability to make predicitions.
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My Digital Library

Knowledge Repository

If you know me, this is my proudest section. I've been a reader since childhood, and I've only gained depth and a desire for books that carry more meaning in my reading since then, but every now and then I love a good Diary Of A Wimpy Kid. If you have book suggestions, please reach out!

12
Books Completed In 2025
4
Currently Reading
N/A
In Queue
1.5
Hours/Day Reading
📖

Mathematical Methods In The Physical Sciences

by Mary L. Boas
Currently Reading
📚

Classical Mechanics

by John R. Taylor
Currently Reading
📓

The Way Of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson
Currently Reading
📓

Words of Radiance

by Brandon Sanderson
Next Up
📕

Linear Algebra Done Right

by Sheldon Axler
Next Up
📘

Clean Code

by Robert C. Martin
Next Up
📗

Rage Of Dragons

by Evan Winter
Next Up
📕

Calculus: Concepts & Contexts

by Stewart
Completed
📗

Bill Hodges Trilogy: End Of Watch

by Stephen King
Completed
📘

The Power Of Habit

by Charles Duhigg
Completed
📗

David & Goliath

by Malcolm Gladwell
Completed
📓

Source Code

by Bill Gates
Completed
📕

The Next Day

by Melinda F. Gates
Completed
📗

How to Read a Book

by Mortimer Adler (ref.)
Completed
📚

Mind and Matter

by John Urschel
Completed
📘

The Dip

by Seth Godin
Completed
📙

My Brief History

by Stephen Hawking
Completed
📗

Outliers

by Malcolm Gladwell
Completed
📚

How To Become A Straight-A Student

by Cal Newport
Completed

Blog & Thoughts

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The Beauty of Starting Over

As I near the end of this portfolio project, I cant help but to look back at the past me who was scared to pursue what I always wanted to do in life, this blog post is dedicated to her.

Aug 14, 2025 Read More →

Get In Touch

Let's Connect!

I'm always excited to discuss physics, mathematics, engineering projects, or potential collaborations. Feel free to reach out!

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©2025 Aspen Johnson

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