I am a PhD candidate in astrophysics at Princeton University, where I work with Professor Jenny Greene on the formation and evolution of dwarf galaxies.

My research combines high resolution cosmological zoom-in simulations with multiwavelength observations to understand how low mass galaxies build their structure, regulate star formation, and grow across cosmic time. My recent work shows that high angular-momentum satellite mergers can spin up the gas in isolated dwarfs to build extended, rotation supported stellar disks.

Before grad school, I spent four years as a software engineer and research analyst at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), building data analysis tools for the James Webb Space Telescope and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. I am the lead developer and maintainer of PetroFit, a pyOpenSci peer-reviewed, Astropy affiliated package for galaxy photometry.

See my research for current projects, or my CV for the full record.

Research interests: dwarf galaxy formation and evolution · cosmological simulations · stellar populations · X-ray binary populations · galaxy photometry