PDF Version of CV (Current as of December 2015)
Current Position
YCAA Fellow , Yale University, Supervisor: Meg Urry
Education
Ph. D. , Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, (2016)
Advisor: Alexandra Pope
M. Sc., Astronomy, University of Massachusetts (2013)
B. Sc., Mathematics, University of Florida (2007)
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Prof. Alexandra Pope, University of Massachusetts (2013-2016)
Graduate Research Assistant, Prof. Daniela Calzetti, University of Massachusetts (2011-2013)
Research Assistant, Prof. Ata Sarajedini, University of Florida (2008-2009)
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Prof. Ata Sarajedini, University of Florida (2007)
Observing Proposals and Experience
PI What's in a Name? Uniting Optical, X-ray, and IR AGN into One Evolutionary Sequence.
Keck, 2016
PI The Effect of a Growing AGN on the Star Forming Abilities of Dusty Galaxies.
Large Millimeter Telescope, 2014
PI Determining What Drives Outflows in High Redshift Galaxies.
Gemini, 2012
CoI The Correlation Between UV and IR Dust Features: the UV Bump and PAHs.
Keck, 2015
CoI A New "Frontier" for the LMT: Dust Obscured Activity in Galaxies that Dominate the Cosmic Star Formation History.
Large Millimeter Telescope, 2014
CoI Exploiting the Millimeter Continuum as a Probe of the Interstellar Medium.
Large Millimeter Telescope, 2014
CoI The Correlation Between UV and IR Dust Features: the UV Bump and PAHs.
Subaru, 2014
CoI Deep 1.1mm Mapping of the Extended Groth Strip.
Large Millimeter Telescope, 2013, 2014
CoI Pinning Down the Elusive High Redshift Tail of Submillimeter Galaxies.
Large Millimeter Telescope, 2013
Observer Keck I Telescope, 2016
Observer Larger Millimeter Telescope, 2013
Observer Gemini North Telescope, 2012
Observer Kitt Peak Nat'l Observatory WIYN 0.9m, 2007
Grants/Awards
YCAA Fellow, Yale University, 2016
Research Stipend, NASA/Keck, 2016, $18k
Doxsey Travel Prize, Honorable Mention, AAS Winter Meeting, 2016, $200
International Travel Grant, American Astronomical Society, 2015, $1500
Graduate Research Fellowship, Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium, 2015, $5k
Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, 2013, $17k
Irvine Travel Grant, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, 2013, $500
Graduate Research Fellowship, Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium, 2011, $5k
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of Florida, 2005
Presentations
Conferences & Meetings
How Prevalent are Dust Obscured AGN at z=1-2?: Predictions for MIRI/JWST Samples. Contributed Talk.
Exploring the Universe with JWST, October 2016, Montreal, Canada
Locating Dusty AGN on the Main Sequence. Contributed Talk.
CANDELS Team Meeting, August 2016, Baltimore, MD
Finding Early AGN: Massive Main Sequence Galaxies at z=1-2 Host Dust Obscured AGN. Contributed Talk.
Hidden Monsters , August 2016, Hanover, NH
Dust Obscured AGN are Masquerading as Star Formation in the Early Universe. Dissertation Talk.
AAS Winter Session, January 2016, Kissimmee, FL
Finding Hidden AGN at the Peak of Galaxy Evolution. Contributed Talk.
Demographics and Environment of AGN from Multiwavelength Surveys, September 2015, Chania, Crete
The IR Spectral Energy Distributions and Morphologies of AGN and SFGs from z=0.3-2.8. Contributed Talk.
CANDELS Team Meeting, July 2015, Santa Cruz, CA
What Lies Beneath: Probing Dust Obscured Star Formation and AGN Growth. Contributed Talk.
The SED of High Redshift Galaxies Workshop, January 2015, Sesto, Italy
Early Science with the LMT: The Effect of an AGN on the ISM of Dusty Galaxies. Contributed Talk.
20 Years of the LMT Project, November 2014, INAOE, Mexico
The Effect of AGN on the Dust Properties of High Redshift ULIRGs. Contributed Talk.
AAS Winter Session, January 2014, Washington, DC
The Search for Excess Dust Emission at 500μm. Contributed Talk.
KINGFISH Team Meeting, March 2012, Annapolis, MD
AGN and Star Formation Activity in High Redshift (U)LIRGs. Poster.
Galaxy Formation: An International Conference, July 2011, Durham, UK
Near-Infrared Photometry of Open and Globular Clusters. Poster.
AAS Winter Session, January 2009, Long Beach, CA
Analysis of Globular Cluster Photometry from 2MASS. Poster.
AAS Winter Session, January 2008, Austin, TX
Visiting Talks
Tufts University, Medford, MA, December 2015
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, October 2015
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, October 2015
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, September 2015
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, September 2015
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, September 2015
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, September 2015
Event Horizon Telescope, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, March 2015
Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 2014, September 2015
Brown University, Providence, RI, October 2013
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, July 2013
Gemini North, Hilo, HI, May 2012
