Personal

Born: September 29 in Rochelle, Illinois
Citizenship: United States

Current Position

Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
August 2007 - Present

Education

University of Rochester
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D. in Astronomy and Physics, March 2005
Advisers: Dr. Judith L. Pipher and Dr. S. Thomas Megeath

University of Rochester
Department of Physics and Astronomy
M.A. in Physics, May 2000

Boston University
College of Arts and Sciences
B.A. in Astronomy and Physics with distinction, May 1998
Thesis Adviser: Dr. Dan P. Clemens

Previous Research Experience

Levinson Postdoc/Research Associate
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
October 2004 - July 2007

Graduate Research Assistant
Near-Infrared Astrophysics Lab
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
July 1998 - October 2004

Undergraduate Research Assistant
with Professor Dan Clemens
Department of Astronomy, Boston University
September 1995 - May 1998

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant
AST 105 Introduction to the Milky Way Galaxy
taught by Professor Adam Frank
January 1999 - May 1999

Teaching Assistant
AST 102 Black Holes, Time Warps and the Large Scale Structure of the Universe
taught by Professor Dan Watson
September 1998 - December 1998

Computer Experience

Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, Windows
Astronomical Image Reduction Software: IDL, IRAF
Computer Languages: Fortran, IDL
Other: LaTeX, TeX, HTML

Honors and Awards

Department of Education Graduate GAANN Fellowship in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester, September 1998 - May 2001.
Graduated with distinction, Dept. of Astronomy -- Boston University, May 1998
University Merit Scholarship -- Boston University, September 1994 - May 1998

Professional Memberships

American Astronomical Society -- Member since 1997

References

Lori Allen
Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: (617) 496-7887

Mike Skrutskie
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
phone: (434) 924-4328

Judy Pipher
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
phone: (585) 275-4402

Tom Megeath
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH 43606
phone: (419) 530-7812

Dan Clemens
Institute for Astrophysical Research and
Department of Astronomy
Boston University
725 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
phone: (617) 353-6140



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