OVERVIEW

My current research interests include a variety of star formation topics. See Research Interests for more details.

• The role of different physics in star formation (e.g. radiation, magnetic fields)
• The impact of stellar feedback (outflows, winds, radiation, cosmic rays) on molecular clouds
• Astrostatistics (e.g. Turbustat)
• Machine learning used in image recognition and classification (e.g., Brut and CASI)
• Astrochemistry and the impact of radiation and cosmic-ray stellar feedback
• Improving the connection between simulations and observations through synthetic observations

Motivating Questions

• What sets the masses of stars?
• What determines whether a star is single or has a companion?
• What is the role of stellar feedback?
• What are the chemical and statistical signatures of forming stars?
• How can we efficiently and accurately automate molecular line and dust emission data analysis?

Students: If you are interested in any of these questions, please contact me!