Experience

Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  I am currently working on understanding how the first particles in the universe came in to being at the Hot Big Bang, as well as the origin and evolution structure in the early and present universe. I teach cosmology and quantum field theory at Rice. I have published > 40 papers, and given >100 seminars and colloquia at various universities and institutes. I have been invited to and contributed talks at ~30 national and international conferences. I am currently working on understanding how the first particles in the universe came in to being at the Hot Big Bang, as well as the origin and evolution structure in the early and present universe. I teach cosmology and quantum field theory at Rice. I have published > 40 papers, and given >100 seminars and colloquia at various universities and institutes. I have been invited to and contributed talks at ~30 national and international conferences.



University of Cambridge

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Kavli Fellow

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2015

  I was a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge. I worked on topics related to reheating after reheating after inflation, exoplanets, CMB spectral distortions and gravitational lensing with gamma rays during my time there. I was the primary advisor for a PhD student at Cambridge, and have advised and collaborated with a number of Masters and undergraduate students. I was an internal examiner for a PhD defense at Cambridge, and an assessor for PhD candidates. In… Show more I was a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge. I worked on topics related to reheating after reheating after inflation, exoplanets, CMB spectral distortions and gravitational lensing with gamma rays during my time there. I was the primary advisor for a PhD student at Cambridge, and have advised and collaborated with a number of Masters and undergraduate students. I was an internal examiner for a PhD defense at Cambridge, and an assessor for PhD candidates. In January 2014, I designed and co-taught a Masters level course at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town, SA Show less I was a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge. I worked on topics related to reheating after reheating after inflation, exoplanets, CMB spectral distortions and gravitational lensing with gamma rays during my time there. I was the primary advisor for a PhD student at Cambridge, and have advised and collaborated with a number of Masters and undergraduate students. I was an internal examiner for a PhD defense at Cambridge, and an assessor for PhD candidates. In… Show more I was a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge. I worked on topics related to reheating after reheating after inflation, exoplanets, CMB spectral distortions and gravitational lensing with gamma rays during my time there. I was the primary advisor for a PhD student at Cambridge, and have advised and collaborated with a number of Masters and undergraduate students. I was an internal examiner for a PhD defense at Cambridge, and an assessor for PhD candidates. In January 2014, I designed and co-taught a Masters level course at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town, SA Show less



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pappalardo Fellow

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2011

  I was a Pappalardo Fellow (postdoctoral researcher) at MIT, working on topics ranging from simulating the big bang to understanding dark energy. I was a recitation leader for a course in Statistical Physics, and helped mentor a number of undergraduate students during this period. I was a Pappalardo Fellow (postdoctoral researcher) at MIT, working on topics ranging from simulating the big bang to understanding dark energy. I was a recitation leader for a course in Statistical Physics, and helped mentor a number of undergraduate students during this period.



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2003 - Aug 2008

  My thesis was "Probing Gravity on Disparate Scales" (under Profs. Roger Blandford and Bob Wagoner), which included published papers aimed at understanding the nature of dark energy and dark matter, as well as the surroundings of black-holes. I was a teaching mentor, a teaching assistant and a research assistant during this period. My thesis was "Probing Gravity on Disparate Scales" (under Profs. Roger Blandford and Bob Wagoner), which included published papers aimed at understanding the nature of dark energy and dark matter, as well as the surroundings of black-holes. I was a teaching mentor, a teaching assistant and a research assistant during this period.