Title Description
Project(s): Hydrogen-rich explosions in TARDIS
Primary Role: TARDIS Research Fellow / Research Associate

Education

Institution Years Qualification
University of California, Santa Barbara 2016 -2022 Ph.D. in Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara 2016 -2019 M.A. in Physics
Claremont McKenna College 2012 -2016 B.A. in Physics and Philosophy (Double Major)

Experience

Institute Years Role
Michigan State University 2025 -nan TARDIS Research Fellow / Research Associate
City University of New York Graduate Center 2023 -nan Adjunct Assistant Professor (recurring), M.S. Program in Astrophysics
Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute 2022 -2025 Flatiron Research Fellow
Santa Barbara City College 2019 -2025 Adjunct Faculty Instructor (recurring), Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara 2016 -2022 Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Physics

Projects

Project Years Description
Hydrogen-rich explosions in TARDIS 2025 -nan What can the fingerprints of the explosions of celestial objects tell us about the objects themselves?
A Buddy for Betelgeuse 2024 -nan In investigating the Long Secondary Period Phenomena, we found that the star Betelgeuse has a tiny companion orbiting it!
Stars explode in Galaxies / Some stars fade quietly 2023 -nan Collaboration with Galaxy/ISM theorists to understand the importance of varied supernova feedback in galactic environments as revealed by star-by-star-resolution simulations.
Massive Star Envelopes in 3D: Convection, Pulsations, Explosions oh my! 2020 -nan The envelopes of Massive Stars show large-scale turbulence which couples with pulsations to create a rich circumstellar environment. We model these phenomena using 3D radiation-hydronamics simulations with Athena++.
Stars and Supernovae with MESA+STELLA 2017 -nan Modeling spherical stars and their explosions with Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA)
And more!!! nan -nan These are just a subset of bigger projects. And I have additional projects with students and collaborators in the pipeline, so stay tuned! I love all things stars, time-domain astrophysical phenomena, and more!

Awards & Recognition

Title Year Given For
Flatiron Research Fellowship 2022 Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics
GS^3 Prize for Talks 2021 Ttop 3 seminar speakers determined by audience evaluations
Chair's Appreciation Award for Service to the Department 2021 UCSB Physics Departmental service award
Physics Circus Award for Outstanding Outreach 2017 UCSB Physics Department award for outreach (annual)
Dieter Schwartz Foundation Award 2019 Sponsorship to attend prestigious 69th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) 2018 Graduate Fellowship supported by the NSF
University of California Regents Fellowship 2016 At UCSB, 1 awardee per year
Class of 2016 Valedictorian 2016 1st in graduating class, Claremont McKenna College
Best Senior Thesis in the Physical Sciences 2016 At Claremont McKenna College, 1 awardee per year
Best Overall Achievement in the Sciences 2016 At Claremont McKenna College, 1 awardee per year
University of California Regents Fellowship 2016 At UCSB, 1 awardee per year
Rose Hills Science and Engineering Foundation Scholarship 2013 Merit scholarship in the sciences, Claremont McKenna College
LIGO Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) 2015 Summer research fellowship at California Institute of Technology (Caltech)