I am currently working at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the High Energy Astrophysics Department in the XRT group. XRT is the X-ray telescope on the Hinode solar satellite.

Scientific Interests

• Heating of the Solar Corona
• Acceleration of Particles via Magnetic Reconnection
• Supernova Remnant Shock Physics
• Particle Heating and Acceleration
• Supernova Type 1a Progenitors
• Connections between solar plasma physics, astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics

Current Research

• Energy in Solar Flares as observed by Hinode
• Automated Loop and Sigmoid Detection in Hinode data
• Neutral atoms - simulations at shock fronts
• Ejecta Knots in middle aged SNR- SN1006 and Tycho
• Mass accretion in Symbiotic systems
• Mass Loss in the form of jets in Symbiotic systems

Publications and CV