Research
My research spans observational astronomy, instrumentation, and scientific software — with a current focus on understanding how substellar objects form.
Planetary Mass Object Formation
CurrentUMass Amherst
Using JWST near- and mid-infrared observations combined with ALMA millimeter data to study the formation and early evolution of substellar companions and free-floating planetary mass objects. Collaborates with advisors Dr. Kim Ward-Duong (Smith College) and Dr. Kate Follette (Amherst College).
IMAP Lo / Hi / Ultra Instruments
2024–2025LASP, CU Boulder
Contributed to the pipeline development for the IMAP-Lo / IMAP-Hi / IMAP-Ultra instruments aboard NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission. Built the code to produce all-sky maps of the heliospheric energetic neutral atom (ENA) flux.
CLARREO Instrument
2022–2024LASP, CU Boulder
Led development of the scientific algorithm pipeline for the CLARREO instrument: a NASA Earth and Climate science instrument which is planned for launch to the International Space Station.
COS Lifetime Position 6 Calibration
2020–2022STScI
Contributed to calibration efforts for Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS). Led the effort to characterize the spectral and spatial resolution of the G160M grating at a new detector lifetime position and authored multiple Instrument Science Reports documenting the results.
EXPRES Spectrometer Characterization
2019–2020Yale University
Improved the wavelength calibration of the EXtreme PREcision Spectrometer (EXPRES) to allow for lower-mass exoplanet detection.