I am a Tenured, Full-Astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and additionally hold a Visiting Faculty appointment in the University of Virginia Astronomy Department.  At NRAO, I serve as the next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) Project Scientist.  The ngVLA was recently identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Review as a top priority major ground-based facility whose construction should begin this decade.  My scientific research focuses on the study of star formation and its regulation in galaxies through associated feedback processes.  

Before joining NRAO, I held Postdoctoral Scholar positions at the Caltech Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) and Carnegie Observatories, and was a member of the Caltech Scientific Research Staff.  

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