I am a second-year Ph.D. student in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona on an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Arizona/NASA Space Grant Fellowship under the advisorship of Walt Harris. I am currently lead graduate student on the Spatial Heterodyne Interferometric Molecular Cloud Observer (SHIMCO) sounding rocket mission.
I earned my A.B. in Astrophysical Sciences with honors at Princeton University. My senior thesis work, entitled "Thermal Imagery of Callisto Using ALMA Calibrator Data," was completed under the supervision of Professor Chris Chyba, Professor Katherine de Kleer, and Dr. Maria Camarca.
Outside research, I have a keen interest in educating the public and inspiring young people to pursue STEM careers. For instance, I am currently a graduate instructor with the University of Arizona Sky School and recently co-founded the Other Worlds program designed to develop and deliver astrobiology-focused curricula to students in the Pima County juvenile detention center.