About Me
I am an extragalactic astronomer who is currently working on statistical studies of Intergalactic and Circumgalactic absorbers, and Inhomogeneities of the UV Background in the epoch of He-II reionization. I utilize survey data of cosmolical samples of quasars, as well as individual quasars, to act background probes for theses studies. Currently, I am involved in the SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper (BHM) and WEAVE-QSO surveys in both technological and planning roles. I have also conducted reseach in a variety of other fields including eclipsing binaries and young solar analogs. For more details see my CV and ADS Publications.
Professional Appointments
- BOSS Pipeline Scientist & Post-Doctoral Researcher (2021-)
Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Update, support, & run the BOSS data reduction Pipeline (IDLspec2d) for SDSS-V - Post-Doctoral Researcher (2020)
Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS
Scientific preparation for FIREBall-2 and WEAVE-QSO - Graduate Research Assistant (2017-2019)
Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université - Melton Memorial Observatory Director (Fall 2016)
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina
Run the observatory, conduct outreach, and maintain the observatory equipment - (Graduate and Post-Graduate) Research Assistant (2012-2016)
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina
Education
- Doctorate of Physics and Material Science (Astrophysics and Cosmology Specialization; 2019)
Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille
Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
Thesis: Using Quasar Absoprtion to Study Inhomogeneities in the UV Background - Masters of Science in Physics (Astrophysics Specialization; 2015)
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Thesis: Molecules and Metals in the Distant Universe: Sub-mm and Optical Spectroscopy of Quasar Absorbers - Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics (Astronomy Concentration; 2011)
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA
Thesis: Photometric Study of Young Solar Analog
Skills & Honors:
Programming Languages:
- Python3/Python2
- IDL
- C
- IRAF CL
- LaTeX
- Linux/Unix Shells
- Maple
