introduction
Welcome to my little corner of the world-wide web! I am 5th year graduate student working under the supervision of Professor Meg Urry. My Phd thesis research broadly involves studying obscured AGNs found via multi-wavelength surveys like the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South survey (one of the MUSYC fields), and understanding their contribution to the cosmic X-ray background. A significant part of my research includes carrying out one of the deepest surveys of the hard X-ray sky done to date with INTEGRAL to perform an unbiased census of AGNs in the local Universe. More info on my research interests can be on my research page.
I also consider teaching and public outreach to be critical elements of a graduate student's education in Astronomy. At Yale, I have served as a teaching fellow for 5 undergraduate classes in Astronomy, 3 of which I served as the head teaching fellow. During the 2007--2008 academic year, I served as the residential college mathematics and science tutor at Branford College. I helped freshman and sophomore undergraduates understand their math and science lectures and assist them with their homework. I also enjoy going to neighborhood schools, like Elm City College Prep Middle School (an Achievement First school), and sharing my passion and enthusiasm for Astronomy with largely minority, under-priviledged students. For more details, please see my CV.
My research is supported by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship.
mini-biography
- 2004-present: Doctoral Candidate in Astronomy, Yale University
- 1999-2004: ACIS/Science Operations, Chandra X-ray Center, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- 1996-1999: Research Assistant, York University
- 1992-1996: B. Sc. Physics/B. A. Philosophy, University of Waterloo
