About me
I am currently a 5th year graduate student in the field of astronomy at the University of Florida. I am a doctoral candidate and expect to complete my studies in the summer of 2008.
Awards
I am a current graduate fellow of the Michelson Science Center, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology in coordination with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Primary Interests
My research interests lie in circumstellar disks and development of IR instrumentation.
Projects
At the moment, I am involved in two projects:
- Investigating circumstellar debris disk evolution with high-resolution imaging in the mid-IR, primarily with the Gemini Observatory facilities
- Testing and integration of the mid-IR imager/spectrograph/polarimeter CanariCam, for use at the GTC
For more information on the Gemini Observatory, GTC, or CanariCam, you can follow the links provided below.
www.gemini.edu
www.astro.ufl.edu/CanariCam/canaricam_home.htm
www.gtc.iac.es/home.html
Education
M. S., University of Florida, 2005
B. A., University of Texas at Austin, 2001
For more information, please refer to the CV section of this site.
Advisor
My dissertation advisor is Dr. Charles Telesco. For more on his work, you can visit his site.