About Me

Education: PhD in Physics - The Ohio State University (2021)
ScB in Astrophysics - Brown University (2016)

Research Interests: survey cosmology, theoretical cosmology, constraints on fundamental physics

Publications: Link to my publication record on ADS

Research

I am interested in combining data from current and upcoming astronomical surveys to better constrain cosmological parameters, test the Lambda-CDM cosmological model against alternatives, uncover the nature of dark energy, and learn more about fundamental physics. I work on analytical modeling, cosmological codes, and simulations to inform what kinds of constraints we could expect from new data. Given the enormous influx of astronomical data that will come from Stage IV surveys over the next several years, now is the time to ensure we have the requisite theoretical and computational infrastructure to maximize the information we can glean from these experiments.

Recently, I have been working on a project to measure correlations between Hyper-Suprime Cam galaxy clustering, cosmic shear, and Atacama Cosmology Telescope CMB lensing. We are currently using simulations to evaluate how different modeling choices and scale cuts will impact our cosmological and astrophysical constraints. This analysis is expected to be completed in early 2023. Separately, I am working on characterizing pixel-level detector effects in H4RGs that will be part of the Prime Focus Spectrograph.

Community

Teaching: PHYS 1250 and 1251 (Fall 2017 and Spring 2018, OSU)

Outreach: STEM Coding YouTube Channel

Equity & Inclusion: OSU Polaris Program (2018-2020), OSU ASPIRE (2019), Simons-National Society of Black Physicists Scholars program volunteer (2020), AIP TEAM-UP Committee (Princeton)