ABOUT ME
I'm interested in understanding how galaxy growth and evolution are driven by gas flows between the interstellar and circumgalactic medium. I use emission- and absorption-line probes of extraplanar and circumgalactic gas to characterize the structural, kinematic, and chemical connections between galaxies and their gaseous environments. I'm also invested in efforts to increase public engagement with science and the Universe, and to make the field of Astronomy a place where everyone's ideas and perspectives are valued. Please click below to view my full CV.
At Las Campanas Observatory in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Gaseous, disk-halo interfaces
Emission-line studies of extraplanar gas kinematics
Circumgalactic medium
Absorption-line probes of CGM structure, kinematics, and chemical composition with HST-COS
Non-thermal galaxy halos
Turbulent, magnetic field, and cosmic ray properties of gaseous galactic halos
PhD, Astronomy, August 2018
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Advisors: Profs. Ellen Zweibel & Jay Gallagher
"New Perspectives on the Dynamical State of Extraplanar Diffuse Ionized Gas Layers"
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MS, Astronomy, August 2014
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Advisors: Profs. Ellen Zweibel & Jay Gallagher
BS, Astrophysics, May 2012
Haverford College
Advisor: Prof. Beth Willman