Driven by a mission to create impactful solutions for global good.

I am a former astrophysicist seeking a position in data science, analytics, and visualization. A lifelong academic, I am passionate about learning new things to broaden my understanding of the world and expand my skill sets. I feel most at peace when I am outdoors and I enjoy backpacking, rock climbing, and birdwatching.

 

Projects

  • Medium Article Tags

    Network analysis and visualization of the most popular tags for medium articles.

  • Stellar Profiles of Massive Galaxies

    Comparing the extended stellar and weak-lensing mass profiles of massive galaxies in hydrodynamic simulations to those observed with the Hyper Suprime-Cam.

  • Sierra Conference

    Organizing a community building science retreat for astronomy graduate students of the University of California.

  • BirdWatcher

    Developed an iOS Swift app to learn to identify local birds. User is shown a photo of a bird and then has to identify the name from four options.

  • Visualizing Dark Matter Halo Merger Trees

    Visualizing the hierarchical structure of dark matter halos from a simulation using tree maps and chord diagrams.

  • Department Self-Assessment

    Results from from UCSC department self-assessment on diversity and inclusion in graduate astronomy education.

 

Experience

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    UC Santa Cruz

    2017-2021

  • Data Science Intern

    W3ll

    Summer 2020

  • Teaching Assistant

    UC Santa Cruz

    2018-2020

  • Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow

    Princeton University

    2015-2017

  • Master of Science

    Astronomy and Astrophysics

    UC Santa Cruz

    2017-2019

  • Bachelor of Science

    Astronomy, Physics, Zoology (minor)

    University of Florida

    2010-2015