I am a recent PhD graduate of UC Santa Barbara in Astrophysics. My work with Las Cumbres Observatory includes a research focus on tidal disruption events (when black holes unravel a star!) and regular contributions to the Global Supernova Project. I've also worked previously on galaxies, both with observations (measuring reionization rates of galaxy groups) and simulations (relating mergers to AGN rates). I obtained my B.S. with honors in Astrophysics from the University of Florida.

I spend my free time advocating for voting rights, running, and reading books. I am the founder of STEMocracy, a research and digital media project about civic engagement (and the lack thereof) among STEM students and academics.