Education

  • A.A., Individual Studies - Foothill Junior College, Los Altos Hills - June 2002
  • B.S., Astrophysics - University of California, Los Angeles - June 2005
  • M.S., Astrophysics - University of California, Santa Cruz - December 2008
  • Attending with intention for Ph.D.; University of California, Santa Cruz

Research

    Computational

  • Numerical simulations of cluster accretion, June 2008 - present
    University of California, Santa Cruz - Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Advisors: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz and Doug Lin

    Observational

  • Gamma Ray Spectra from Solar Flares, June 2006 - present
    University of California, Santa Cruz - Physics
    Advisor: David M. Smith

Teaching

    Teaching Assistanships

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant for Astronomy 1, UCSC, Fall 2011. My section website can be found here.
    ASTR 1 is an overview of our current understanding of the universe including galaxies, stars, black holes and planets.
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant for Astronomy 4, UCSC, Spring 2008.
    ASTR 4 is a topical course on the science of stars and stellar evolution.

    Educational Outreach

  • Instructor with UCSC Astronomy's PIE Program for Inmate Education: an algera/GED prep course at the Santa Cruz Jail, 2009 - present

Awards and Fellowships

  • Regents Fellowship, UCSC, 2006
  • Charles Geoffrey Hilton Award for Academic Excellence, UCLA, 2005
  • Summa Cum Laude, UCLA, 2005
  • Highest Departmental Honors, UCLA, 2005
  • Phi Beta Kappa, UCLA, 2005
  • Deans List, Foothill, 2000-2002
  • Phi Theta Kappa, Foothill, 2001