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 439 in the Science & Engineering Research Facility (SERF).

My email address is listed here.