Research

Interests & Current Work

Most broadly, I am interested in observational astronomy, both for its own research products as well as its use as a test of computational and theoretical predictions.

For a more comprehensive review of my work and experience, please see my CV.

Currently, I work with Dr. Michael Shara at the American Museum of Natural History alongside the Condor Array Telescope collaboration on identifying interesting narrowband transients with a focus on cataclysmic variables. In addition, I am using the shell surrounding a dwarf nova to investigate classical nova ejection velocities and erruption timescales.

At Haverford, my focus has been on two projects attempting to better understand how galaxies evolve and what they can tell us about how the universe behaves. This work, done with Professors Karen Masters and Daniel Grin, has led me to a particular interest in extragalactic astronomy, especially in the optical and radio regimes.

Tidally Induced Bars

My poster "Exploring the Roles of Galaxy Star Formation and Environment in the Tidal Triggering of Bars" given at the June 2022 240th meeting of the American Astronomical Society can be found here and its associated abstract here.

To hear me speak on the subject, watch my talk given at the 2021 Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium meeting:

Axion Dark Matter

My poster "Can HI Observations of Low-Mass Galaxies Test Ultra-Light Axion Dark Matter?" given at the January 2021 237th meeting of the American Astronomical Society can be found here and its associated abstract here.

Past Work

Novae as Standard Candles

Our work is published in MNRAS here.

Gravitational Chaos

Our work is published in MNRAS here.