University of California, Santa Cruz
Ph.D. Astronomy and Astrophysics, June 2011
Stanford University
MS Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics, June 2006
Pennsylvania State University
BS Astronomy and Astrophysics with Honors and High Distinction, May 2004
BS Mathematics with Honors and High Distinction, May 2004
Minor in Physics
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2006
Graduate Research Assistant, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2004 - 2006
Summer Intern, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2004
REU, Kitt Peak National Observatory/National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 2003
Research Assistant, Penn State Center for Gravitational Wave Physics, 2001 - 2004
Whitford Prize, Astronomy and Astrophyics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2008
Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation, 2007 - 2010
Regent's Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2007 - 2010
Astronomy and Astrophysics Department Student Marshal, 2004
Evan Pugh Scholar Award (Senior), Pennsylvania State University, 2003
Kermit C. Anderson Scholarship, Pennsylvania State University Mathematics Department, 2003
Evan Johnson Award, Pennsylvania State University Mathematics Department, 2003 and 2004
Phi Beta Kappa, 2003
National Merit Scholar, 2000