I have been in love with the night sky since a sixth-grade trip to the planetarium and have been lucky enough to turn that fascination into a profession.
I am a theoretical astrophysicist who studies the lives of stars using computational modeling and simulation methods.
I am a Lecturer on Astronomy in the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
Previously, my academic work was as a Clay Postdoctoral Fellow, a Fellow in Theoretical Astrophysics and a NASA Einstein Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Prior to that I was a postdoctoral Member of the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey. I did my doctoral research at the University of California, in Santa Cruz.
Outside of work, I enjoy photography, cycling, and escaping out into nature with my family.
