ABOUT ME
Hello there! I am currently an astronomy graduate student at The Ohio State University studying Galactic Archaeology with Jennifer Johnson and David Weinberg. I graduated from Grinnell College in 2017 with a B.A. in Physics and Theatre.
EDUCATION
CURRENT RESEARCH
Galactic Archaeology with GALAH and APOGEE
We are star stuff. But what star stuff exactly? With Jennifer Johnson and David Weinberg, I am studying the origin of the elements in Milky Way. We hope to understand what processes contribute to the creation of each element, and if these processes contribute in the same way throughout different regions of the Galaxy. I recently published a paper investigating abundance ratios in GALAH DR2 and am currently studying abundances in the Milky Way Bulge with APOGEE
2017 - ???
The Ohio State University
Astronomy Graduate Student
Quasar Variability
Using UW's 2.3 meter telescope, I took follow up observations of known quasars, reduced images, and analyzed to create light curves of these objects on 15 year time scales. These light curves were used to study quasar variability's dependence on wavelength, redshift, and other properties.
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This research was done as part of an REU under Adam Myers at The University of Wyoming during the summer of 2016.
2013 - 2017
Grinnell College
B.A. Physics & Theatre
OBSERVING
Large Binocular Telescope: 4 nights
Wyoming Infrared Observatory: 19 nights
Grant Gale Observatory: 5 nights
PAST RESEARCH
Gas-Phase Metallicity of Early Type Galaxies
Why are some ETGs dusty and star-forming while others are not? With Paul Martini, I worked to constrain the origin of this dust. By determining the gas-phase metallicity of three ETG's we hope to determine whether this gas was internally produced by the galaxies' stars or externally accreted by low metallicity dwarf galaxies.
OUTREACH
Polaris Physics & Astronomy Mentorship Program Leader
Presenter at the Arne Slettebak Planetarium
OSU Star Party Volunteer
Summer Library Program Presenter