Education
University of California, Santa Cruz- Astronomy & Astrophysics PhD program (2010 - 2016)
University of California, Santa Cruz- Astronomy & Astrophysics M.S. (2012)
California Institute of Technology- B.S. with honors in Physics (2010)
Positions
Flatiron Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute (2019-)
Institute for Theory and Computation Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (2016-2019)
Teaching Assistant, Earth and Planetary Sciences 119, Introduction to Scientific Computing at UCSC (Winter 2011)
Graduate Student Researcher, with Mark R. Krumholz and Douglas N.C. Lin, UCSC (2010-2016)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, with B. Thomas Soifer and Jason Melbourne, Caltech (2009)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, with Christopher M. Hirata, Caltech (2008)
Summer Researcher, with Oliver Gutsche, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (2006,2007)
Quarknet Summer Intern, with Don Lincoln, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (2005)
Awards
HST Cycle 22 "Predictive Simulations of Metals Ejected from Galaxies in Galactic Winds" (2014)
Whitford Prize (UCSC, 2012)
National Science Foundation GRFP Fellowship (2011)
UC Regents Fellowship (UCSC, 2010)
NEXSI Fellowship (UCSC, 2010)
Service & Mentorship
Research Advisor to undergraduate Dorsa Majidi (UCLA) through the Banneker Institute at the CfA (2019-present)
Instructor for course on order of magnitude estimation at the Banneker Institute at the CfA (2019)
Galaxies mini-course instructor for the Banneker Institute at the CfA (2019)
Application reader for the Banneker Institute at the CfA (2019)
Judge for Chambliss Awards at AAS 233 (2019)
Research Advisor to undergraduate Jaimee-Ian Rodriguez (Hunter College, CUNY → Smithsonian) through the Banneker & Atzlán Institute at the CfA (2018-present)
Member of the ITC Fellowship Selection Committee (2017, 2018)
Member of the SOC/LOC for the Harvard-Heidelberg Star Formation Conference (2017)
Co-organizer of the Gravitational Wave Seminar Series (ITC Pizza Lunch) at the CfA (2017)
Referee for MNRAS, ApJ, A&A, Astrophys. Space Sci. (2015 - present)
Research Advisor/Mentor to Rohan Choudhury (Monta Vista High School at the time → Caltech) through the Summer Internship Program at UC Santa Cruz (2013)
Teaching Assistant for Algebra I at the Santa Cruz County Jail through the Project for Inmate Education at UC Santa Cruz (2010-2014)
Co-organizer of the Friday Lunch Astrophysics Seminar Hour (FLASH) series at UC Santa Cruz (2012)
Co-organizer of the Prospective Graduate Student Visit to the Astronomy & Astrophysics Department of UC Santa Cruz (2011)
University of California, Santa Cruz- Astronomy & Astrophysics PhD program (2010 - 2016)
University of California, Santa Cruz- Astronomy & Astrophysics M.S. (2012)
California Institute of Technology- B.S. with honors in Physics (2010)
Positions
Flatiron Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute (2019-)
Institute for Theory and Computation Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (2016-2019)
Teaching Assistant, Earth and Planetary Sciences 119, Introduction to Scientific Computing at UCSC (Winter 2011)
Graduate Student Researcher, with Mark R. Krumholz and Douglas N.C. Lin, UCSC (2010-2016)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, with B. Thomas Soifer and Jason Melbourne, Caltech (2009)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, with Christopher M. Hirata, Caltech (2008)
Summer Researcher, with Oliver Gutsche, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (2006,2007)
Quarknet Summer Intern, with Don Lincoln, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (2005)
Awards
HST Cycle 22 "Predictive Simulations of Metals Ejected from Galaxies in Galactic Winds" (2014)
Whitford Prize (UCSC, 2012)
National Science Foundation GRFP Fellowship (2011)
UC Regents Fellowship (UCSC, 2010)
NEXSI Fellowship (UCSC, 2010)
Service & Mentorship
Research Advisor to undergraduate Dorsa Majidi (UCLA) through the Banneker Institute at the CfA (2019-present)
Instructor for course on order of magnitude estimation at the Banneker Institute at the CfA (2019)
Galaxies mini-course instructor for the Banneker Institute at the CfA (2019)
Application reader for the Banneker Institute at the CfA (2019)
Judge for Chambliss Awards at AAS 233 (2019)
Research Advisor to undergraduate Jaimee-Ian Rodriguez (Hunter College, CUNY → Smithsonian) through the Banneker & Atzlán Institute at the CfA (2018-present)
Member of the ITC Fellowship Selection Committee (2017, 2018)
Member of the SOC/LOC for the Harvard-Heidelberg Star Formation Conference (2017)
Co-organizer of the Gravitational Wave Seminar Series (ITC Pizza Lunch) at the CfA (2017)
Referee for MNRAS, ApJ, A&A, Astrophys. Space Sci. (2015 - present)
Research Advisor/Mentor to Rohan Choudhury (Monta Vista High School at the time → Caltech) through the Summer Internship Program at UC Santa Cruz (2013)
Teaching Assistant for Algebra I at the Santa Cruz County Jail through the Project for Inmate Education at UC Santa Cruz (2010-2014)
Co-organizer of the Friday Lunch Astrophysics Seminar Hour (FLASH) series at UC Santa Cruz (2012)
Co-organizer of the Prospective Graduate Student Visit to the Astronomy & Astrophysics Department of UC Santa Cruz (2011)
