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About Me

I am now a third year graduate student at the IFA and am in the process of starting my thesis project under Dr. Ilia Roussev. I originally hail from the San Francisco Bay Area and received my undergraduate degree, B.S. Physics (Astrophysics) with a Mathematics Minor from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2006.

Ever since my first introductory course on gravitation at UCSC I have been highly interested in studying Astrophysics. The palpable excitement I felt when was first learning how to apply simple physics to understand objects far beyond the size and scope of earth still motivates me today. When it comes to research, I find the study of the Sun and related phenomena to be particularly appealing, both because it represents a complex domain that combines a large number of scientific fields and, because of our proximity, it allows for a unique set of unprecedentedly detailed observations that continue to pose new challenges for our understanding and the study of Astrophysics as a whole.

This fall I will also begin my recent three year fellowship award from the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program (NESSF) in Heliophysics. Entitled 'Connecting and Constraining Data-Driven Solar Atmosphere Models Through Observations: Studying EUV Emission in Realistic Flare-CME Environments', this project aims to greatly improve our description of the low corona within the context of a global simulation tool and use this to study globally propagating waves in the corona. This will extend on my previous work with Ilia Roussev and form the core of my thesis project here at the IFA. Stay tuned!

In my personal life, I enjoy a fair amount of not-so-serious recreation, including in no particular order: playing electric bass, skateboarding, video gaming (I can't stop playing Tetris!), and enjoying the wonderful Hawaii weather. As far as reading, I have currently developed an appetite for science-fiction short stories (some authors are incredibly gifted at combining art and science) and the classic horror of H.P. Lovecraft.