You can obtain a PDF version of this CV here (17 pages, Updated Jan. 2024)

Career

• NASA Hubble/Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, 2021 – Current

• Research Associate, Cornell University, Ray Jayawardhana, 2018 – 2021

• Visiting PhD Student, LPC2E/CNRS - University of Orleans, France, Jean-Mathias Grießmeier, 2015 – 2017

• Research Technician, University of Arizona, Caitlin Griffith, 2010 – 2013

• Research Assistant, Steward Observatory, Paul Smith, 2009

Education

• Ph.D./M.S., Astronomy, University of Virginia, Robert E. Johnson, 2013 – 2018

• B.S., Astronomy & Physics, University of Arizona, 2007 – 2011

Fellowships & Scholarships 

• NASA Hubble/Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2021

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015-2018

• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (Honorable Mention), 2015 

• Daniels Fund Full-ride Scholarship (4-years full tuition), 2007-2011

Research Grants & Awards 

PI Grants:

Total Grant/Fellowship Amount: $840,633, Total Scholarship Amount: $160,000

• TESS General Investigator - Cycle 6 Grant, 2024-2025

•  AAS International Travel Grant (Science at Low Frequencies IV), 2017 

•  NASA Exoplanet Science Institute Travel Grant (AASTCS 5), 2017

•  University of Virginia NASA Space Grant, 2014 & 2015

•  Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, 2015

•  The University of Virginia Double Hoo Grant, 2015

•  Allan T. Gwathmey Award (Nominated), 2014

•  University of Virginia Huskey Exhibition, 3rd Place (Poster), 2010

•  University of Arizona NASA Space Grant, 2010, 2011

•  Associated Students of the University of Arizona Travel Grant (AAS), 2010, 2011, 2012 

Non-funded Co-I Grants:

Total Grant Amount: $2,365,868

• NASA KECK PI Data Award, PI: Adam Langeveld, 2024

• NASA WIYN PI Data Award, PI: Andrew Ridden-Harper, 2022

• European Research Council Advanced Grant, PI: Philippe Zarka, 2020 -- 2025

  • Project: Low frequency radio search and study of exoplanet magnetospheres and star-planet plasma interactions (EXORADIO)

  • Funding: Construction of the NenuFAR telescope, one graduate student, two post-docs 

Publications

See publications here.

Science Teams

I have been the PI/Co-PI of 4 teams and have been involved in 23 scientific teams/committees.

Future NASA Missions: 

• Farside Array for Radio Science Investigations of the Dark ages & Exoplanets (FARSIDE), Science Committee 

• FarView (Lunar Far Side Radio Observatory), Science Advisor

• ROLSES 2 (Radiowave Observations at the Lunar Surface of the photoElectron Sheath), (Science Advisor,

• Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT), Science Advisor

Future Telescopes:

• LOFAR2.0 Exoplanet Science, Member

• SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Cradle of Life, Member

• GO-LoW (Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths), Member

• HADES (HI Absorption in the Dark agES) Lunar CubeSat, Member

• Giant Magellan Telescope-Polarimeter (GMT-Pol), Science Advisor

Current Telescopes:

• Exoplanets with Gemini Spectroscopy (ExoGemS) Team, PI

• Transit Timing Variations with TESS team, PI

• Radio Exoplanets with LOFAR, Co-PI

• NenuFAR Radio Exoplanets GTO Team, Team

• JWST NIRISS Exploration of Atmospheric diversity of Transiting exoplanets (NEAT) GTO, Member 

• JWST Transiting Exoplanet Early-Release Science, Member

• ROLSES (Radiowave Observations at the Lunar Surface of the photoElectron), Science Advisor

Past Teams:

• Arizona Ground-based Observing of Exoplanets Team, PI

• LBT-PEPSI Exoplanet Transit Survey, Member 

• New Horizons and Lucy Occultation, Member

• Arizona Titan Cassini-VIMS, Member

• VLA VLITE Survey for Exoplanets, External Member 

• KELT Exoplanet Follow-up survey, External Member 

• uFUN-PLANET Microlensing Exoplanet Survey, External Member 

Academic Service & Leadership 

• Active participant of the Climate and Diversity Committee (Cornell), 2023 – current

• Mentor for the NHFP Fellow-Graduate Student Mentorship Program, 2023 – current

• Resource/Website Manager for the NHFP Anti-Racism Initiative, 2022 – current

• Organize weekly exoplanet journal club (Cornell), 2022 – current

• Reviewer for ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, and Nature Astronomy, 2018 – current

• Organize JWST Exoplanet Proposal Workshop (Cornell), 2023

• Reviewer for HST Cycle 31 (Planets & Planet Formation), 2023

• Reviewer for Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (A & B Semesters), 2023

• Graduate Admissions Committee (Cornell), 2022

• Co-organize JWST Exoplanet Hackathon (Cornell), 2022

• Reviewer for Keck, 2022

• Reviewer for ESO Telescopes, 2022

• Local Organising Committee, ERES V Symposium (Cornell), 2019

• Co-organize bi-weekly exoplanet journal club (Uni. of Virginia), 2017 – 2018

• Service observer on LBT (Uni. of Virginia), 16 nights, 2014 – 2018

• Service observer on 1.5-m Kuiper telescope (Uni. Of Arizona), 20 nights, 2009 – 2011

• Service observer on 2.3-m Bok Telescope (Uni. Of Arizona), 60 hours, 2009 – 2011

Teaching Experience 

Undergraduate (Cornell):

• Guest Lecturer, ASTRO 2212: Solar System Planets, Small Bodies, & New Worlds, 2023

  • Created and gave an intro lecture on exoplanets

• Guest Lecturer, ASTRO 1101: From New Worlds to Black Holes, 2022

Mentoring Experience

Graduate: 

• Mentor, Johnny Jones, CU Boulder, 2023 – current

  • Project: Simulating Earth as an exoplanet from ROLSES Lunar Observations

• Mentor, Joshua Hibbard, CU Boulder, 2023 – current

  • Project: Radio observations from the Moon with ROLSES

• Mentor, Ky Putnam, CU Boulder, 2023 – current

  • Project: Radio observations from the Moon with ROLSES

• Mentor, Quentin Duchene, Paris Observatory 2023 – current

  • Project: Radio observations of exoplanets with NenuFAR

• Mentor, Lucy Dolan, Queen’s University Belfast 2022 – current

  • Project: Rossiter–McLaughlin observations of exoplanets

• Mentor, Scott Robinson, Queen’s University Belfast 2022 – current

  • Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets

• Mentor, Emilie Mauduit, Paris Observatory 2021 – current

  • Project: Radio observations of exoplanets with NenuFAR

• Mentor, Emily Deibert, University of Toronto 2018 – 2022

  • Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets

• Mentor, Rodrigo Jolly, Paris Observatory 2021 – 2022

  • Project: Radio observations of exoplanets

• Mentor, Engin Keles, AIP, 2019 – 2020

  • Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets

• Mentor, Miranda Herman, University of Toronto 2018 – 2021

  • Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets

• Mentor, Xanthippi Alexoudi, AIP, 2018

  • Project: Studying the atmospheres of exoplanets from the ground

• Mentor, Kyle Pearson, University of Arizona 2018 – 2020

Undergraduate: 

• Co-Supervisor, Yasmine Meziani, Cornell (Senior Thesis), 2022 – current

  • Project: Effects of varying the ephemeris on exoplanet high-resolution observations

• Co-Supervisor, Nicole Hao, Cornell Nexus Scholars Program, 2022 – current

  • Project: Characterizing stellar activity using machine learning

• Supervisor, Andrea Reye, Cornell REU, 2023

  • Project: Radio observations of brown dwarfs and exoplanets

• Supervisor, Antonia Peters, Cornell REU & Senior Thesis (UOP), 2022

  • Project: Studying the orbital decay of KELT-22A b

• Co-Supervisor, Charlotte Minsky, Cornell REU & Senior Thesis (MIT), 2019 – 2020

  • Project: Rossiter–McLaughlin effect in high-resolution observations

• Supervisor, Robin Leiter, University of Virginia, 2014 – 2015

  • Project: Studying the physical properties of transiting exoplanets

• Co-Mentor, University of Virginia Astronomy Mentorship Program, 2014 – 2018

  • Role: 20 students, Undergraduate group workshops and trainings

• Co-Supervisor, University of Arizona Astronomy Club Exoplanet Project, 2011 – 2013

  • 45 students including Kyle Pearson, Lauren Biddle, & Brianna Smart

  • Project: Constraining the magnetic fields of exoplanets using near-UV observations

High School:

• Supervisor, Central Virginia Governor’s High School (Research Class), 2014 – 2015

  • 3 students: Andrew Vaneaton, Rebecca Cate, & Jake Smith

  • Project: Exoplanets Transits

• Astronomy Camp Counselor (University of Arizona), 20 students, 2008

  • Role: Advise students on research projects

Middle School:

• Supervisor, Alicia Lopez, University of Arizona Astronomy Middle School Research, 2012

  • Project: Exoplanet Transits

Professional Development 

• Machine Learning: Cornell Certificate Program, 2024 – current

• Research Mentoring Strategies for a Rewarding REU Experience (Webinar), 2023

• Introduction to Equity Minded Mentoring (Webinar), 2022

• Teaching to Support Student Learning Workshop (Cornell), 2022

• AAS Astronomy Ambassadors Workshop, 2018

• NSF SciComm Workshop, 2017

• Understanding the Planets of other Stars, Lake Como School, 2016

• Ground-based 21st Century Radio Instruments, Young Astronomers School, 2015

• Cloudy Summer School, Queen’s University Belfast, 2014

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership

• Cornell’s Climate & Diversity Committee, Active participant, 2022 – current

• NHFP Anti-Racism Initiative,  Website/Resource Manager & Steering Committee, 2022 – current

• Cornell Astronomy Post-doc Peer Support Network, Co-organize, 2018 – current

• Advocate to Improve Workplace Environment, 2013 – current

  • Supporting peers and students (mostly privately) during many different harassment concerns

• Majority of mentees from underrepresented populations, 2011 – current

• DEI Series Talk - University of Michigan 2023

• implementation of an inclusive name change policy, Boycott (reviewer) of A&A, 2021

• #ShutDownSTEM Movement, 2020

• Walk-out of the PhD defense of known UVA departmental harasser, 2018

Public Outreach

General: 

• Active with Astronomers for Planet Earth,2020 – current

• Active on Reddit (r/science, r/exoplanets, r/space contributor), 2020 – current

• Active on Twitter (@Astro journey): 100+ million impressions, 2015 – current

Cornell University

• Carl Sagan Institute video production team: 20,000+ Youtube views,2019 – current

• Contributor to the Cornell Ask an Astronomer webpage, 2019 – current

• Fuertes Observatory Public Nights (Weekly), 2018 – current

• Carl Sagan Institute social media team leader: 50+ million impressions, 2018 – current

• Science Advisor for the Vermilion Sunrise Sci-Fi book by Lydia P. Brownlow, 2022

• Museum in the Dark (Museum of the Earth), 2021

• 4-H Career Explorations (Alien Worlds Workshop), 2021

• ExoCup 2020 Winning Twitter Campaign - WD 1856 b, 2020

• Fuertes Observatory Coordinator for the Cornell Adult University, 2019

• Catching the Stars: A Lighting, Music & Dance Extravaganza, 2019

University of Virginia

• Dark Skies, Bright Kids: weekly events at local schools, 2014 – 2018

• Fan Mountain Astronomy Public Nights (Monthly), 2013 – 2018

• McCormick Observatory Astronomy Public Nights (Weekly), 2013 – 2018

• Star party to support the New Horizons Occultation (Dakar, Senegal), 2018

• Introduction to Engineering High School Camp, 2014

University of Arizona

• Sabino Canyon Public Star Party (Monthly), 2007 – 2013

• Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, 2007 – 2013

• Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter open nights, 2007 – 2013

• University of Arizona Astronomy Club outreach events, 2007 – 2013

• Co-founded the University of Arizona Astronomy Club, 2007 – 2013

Media Coverage

Exoplanets

Magnetic Fields

• Earth to be exhibit A for lunar exoplanet research. Cornell Chronicle. February 14, 2024

• Exoplanets Could Help Us Learn How Planets Make Magnetism. Quanta. August 7, 2023

• Eureka! Celebrating Recent Scientific Achievements. NPR. January 8, 2021

• Cornell postdoc detects possible exoplanet radio emission. Cornell Chronicle. December 16, 2020

• How Jupiter Is Helping the Hunt for Habitable Alien Worlds. Space.com. June 11, 2018

• Radio astronomers try to tune in exoplanets. Daily Camera. June, 7, 2018

• Grad Student Assists in Search for Potential Life-Hosting Planets Beyond Earth. UVA Today. June 1, 2018

• UA Astronomy Club student research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Arizona Daily Wildcat. February 27, 2013.

• University of Arizona astronomy club sees its research published in major publication. Arizona Daily Star. February 24, 2013.

• For UA Astronomy Students, the Sky is Not the Limit. University Communications. April 12, 2012.

Atmospheres

• Webb telescope shows exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before. Cornell Chronicle. Nov. 22, 2022

• Cornell helps detect CO2 for first time on faraway world. Cornell Chronicle. August 25, 2022 

• Spectrum reveals extreme exoplanet is even more exotic. Cornell Chronicle. October 5, 2021 

• Peering Into the Atmosphere of the Hottest Planet Known. AAS Nova. April 3, 2020

• The Wonder Of Exoplanet Skies. Forbes. March 21, 2016.

Orbital Decay

• One of The Blackest Planets in The Galaxy Is Headed For a Fiery Death. Science Alert/ December 8, 2020

Outreach

• 'Pale Blue Dot' shines anew in Carl Sagan Institute video to mark iconic photo's 30th anniversary. SPACE.com. Feb. 19, 2020

Titan

• Welcome To Titan, Saturn's 'Deranged' Earth-Like Moon Beginning To Show Signs Of Life. Forbes. April 30, 2019

• Researchers find ice feature on Saturn's giant moon. AAAS. April 29, 2019

• Saturn's Moon Titan Has a Weird Ice Formation Thousands of Miles Long. SPACE.com. April 30, 2019

• Titan has a belt of ice 6300 kilometres long that shouldn't be there. NewScientist. April 29, 2019

• Titan’s Tropical ”Oases”. Sky and Telescope. June 19, 2012.

• Cassini sees tropical lakes on Saturn moon. Astronomy Magazine. June 15, 2012.

• Giant Tropical Lake Found on Saturn Moon Titan. SPACE.com. June 13, 2012.

• Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon. NASA/JPL News Release. June 13, 2012.

• Tropical lakes on Saturn moon could expand options for life. Nature News. June 13, 2012.

• Saturn Moon Has Tropical ”Great Salt Lake,” Methane Marshes. National Geographic. June 13, 2012.

Software & Data Experience 

Languages: IDL, Fortran, LATEX, C, C++, Python, MATLAB

Data Processing: Optical/IR images, Optical/IR spectroscopy, Radio beamformed, Radio imaging, Radiative transfer analysis, MCMC techniques

Data Analysis: IRAF, APPhot, DAOPhot, CASA, CLASS, CLOUDY

Operating Systems: MAC, Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS)

Code Development: PI: BeamfOrmed Radio Emission AnaLysIS (BOREALIS) pipeline; PI: EXO Planet Modeling Package (EXOMOP), CO-PI: Exoplanet Data Reduction Pipeline (ExoDRPL)