Resume
Skills
- Proficient in computer programming in a Linux environment, including:
- Fortran (expert);
- IRAF (expert);
- Python (prior experience);
- IDL (prior experience);
- Java (prior experience);
- HTML5 (prior experience);
Education
- PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics (2002) - Australian National University
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) (1997) - University of Tasmania
- Interactive Programming in Python (March 2014) - Coursera
- Data Science (April 2014) - Coursera
Experience
Associate Research Scientist, Yale University, 2007-Present
- Manage people in the daily task of scheduling observations on the CTIO 1.3m telescope in Chile;
- Oversee progress of, and advise on, projects by members of the research group;
- Reduce data on a daily basis using my scripts to monitor behavior of our targets and alert astronomical community when new and interesting behvior is observed;
- Analyze and model data using scripts written by myself;
- Write research papers on research results;
- Present research results orally and via national and international conference posters;
Frontiers of Science Fellow, Columbia University, 2005-2007
- Responsible for teaching course content to two classes of 20-25 students each week;
- Created curriculum primarily for astronomy content but also for neuroscience, genetics, geology, biology, climate change, and other content outside my expertise;
- Created classroom activities, homework, and exam questions;
- Mentored students;
- Continued research in X-ray binaries including data reduction and oral/written presentation of research results;
Postdoc, Yale University, 2002-2005
- Reduced data of X-ray binary targets and presented research both orally and via peer-reviewed papers, telegrams, and conference papers/posters;
- Wrote computer programs to assist in data reduction and analysis;
- Teaching assistant to ~20 students per week strenghtening students' understanding of lecture content and grading homework.