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I’m honored to be an inaugural FirstLight awardee. With support from Schmidt Sciences, my team will use the upcoming Schmidt Observatory System to gather rich data sets on large samples of supernovae discovered within hours of explosion, which will teach us about the poorly understood late stages of stellar evolution. I'll update my website with more details on my proposed project soon.

About Me

I'm an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of California, San Diego. Previously, I was a postdoc at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. I got my Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara and my B.A. from UC Berkeley.

In my research, I try to link the zoo of explosions we observe in the night sky to the stars that produce them, in order to understand the last years to months of a star's life. I'm also interested in studying the remnants of these explosions (neutron stars and black holes) through optical observations of gravitational-wave sources. My work often uses the methods of data science to enable rapid follow-up of large samples of transients.

In my free time, I like to play music (trombone, bass, etc.) and go on long bike trips.

Contact Information

Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0424
La Jolla, CA 92093-0424, USA

My office is room 429 in the Science & Engineering Research Facility (SERF).

My email address is listed here.