Experience

• 2008 - present : Assistant Professor, Yale University
• 2006 - 2007 : Plaskett Postdoctoral Fellowship, HIA/DAO
• 2003 - 2006 : Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carnegie Observatories
• 1999 - 2003 : Graduate Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz
• 1998 - 1999 : Postgraduate Researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
• 1995 - 1998 : Graduate Researcher, New Mexico State University

Education

• June 2003 : Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz
• June 1998 : M.S. Astronomy, New Mexico State University
• June 1995 : B.S. Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University

Awards

• 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
• 2009 Popular Science "Brilliant 10"
• 2003 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2002 Presidential Dissertation Year Fellowship
• 2000 Whitford Prize (UCSC)
• 1993-1995 Academic Excellence Scholarship (Cornell University)

Publications