Experience

Observatories of The Carnegie Institution for Science

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brinson Prize Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2022 - Present



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2022

  I work with Prof. Shelley Wright in UC San Diego's Optical and InfraRed Laboratory (OIR Lab). I primarily study the evolution of galaxies through observations of the gaseous regions that have undergone recent star formation. To do this, I use innovative integral field spectrographs on some of the largest optical and near-infrared telescopes in the world to observe both local and distant galaxies.I also work on the design of opto-mechanical components for a next generation imager and integral field spectrograph, Liger, which will go on one of the 10-m Keck telescopes. This instrument will take advantage of the ongoing upgrade to the Keck adaptive optics system, KAPA. Show less

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

  TA for the upper division Physics course, "Galaxies & Quasars"Responsible for planning and leading discussion sessions, office hours, and grading coursework

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

  TA for the "Physics Laboratory—Mechanics" courseResponsible for leading lab sessions and grading coursework



California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Researcher

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2016

  I worked with Dr. Vardha N. Bennert using emissions spectra of active galaxies to gain insight into the AGN phenomenon (particularly the FeII emissions, Hβ emission line variability and mass scaling relations). I primarily worked with the UNIX, IDL, and Supermongo tools to fit spectra and analyze the resulting data. This work led to me being a co-author on a paper in the Astrophysical Journal titled: "A Local Baseline of the Black Hole Mass Scaling Relations for Active Galaxies III. the MBH-σ Relation" and the second author on a paper titled: "Broad Hβ Emission-Line Variability in a Sample of 102 Local Active Galactic Nuclei" Show less



California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  TA for "Chemistry for Engineers" Helped supervise a large group of students in the laboratory Performed advanced demonstrations and assisted students with the collection and analysis of data TA for "Chemistry for Engineers" Helped supervise a large group of students in the laboratory Performed advanced demonstrations and assisted students with the collection and analysis of data