Experience

  1. Associate Research Professor

    University of Arizona, Steward Observatory

    Researcher, Mentor

    • Serve as PhD Advisor to Sophie Lebowitz, who is on track to defend her PhD in July of 2026.
    • Served as PhD Advisor to Jakob Helton, who successfully defended in July 2025 before starting as the Evolving Universe Postdoctoral Fellow at Penn State University.
    • Served as Co-Advisor for University of Arizona undergraduate Tristen Shields, who will be attending graduate school at Yale University starting the fall of 2026.
    • Taught Introduction to the Solar System at Pima Community College, Fall 2025.
  2. Assistant Research Professor

    University of Arizona, Steward Observatory

    Researcher, Mentor

    • Served as PhD Advisor to Raphael Hviding, who successfully defended in August 2023 before starting as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.
    • Commissioned JWST/NIRCam on orbit, as described in Rigby et al. (2023).
  3. Postdoctoral Researcher

    University of Arizona, Steward Observatory

    Researcher on the JWST/NIRCam Science Team

    • Helped write JAGUAR, NIRCPrepareMock, and used these to assist in the development of JADES.
    • Helped test the NIRCam instrument prior to JWST launch.
  4. Postdoctoral Researcher

    Dartmouth College

    Research under Postdoctoral advisor Dr. Ryan Hickox.

    • Served as Co-Advisor for Dartmouth undergraduate Raphael Hviding and Alexandros Zervos
    • Taught Dartmouth Course “Introduction to the Solar System,” Summer 2015

Education

  1. PhD, Astronomy

    University of California, Los Angeles

    Researched galaxy and AGN evolution at cosmic noon with Dr. Alice Shapley

    PhD Thesis
  2. BSc Physics

    Harvey Mudd College
    Researched stellar clusters with Dr. Ann Esin.
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Python
Data Science
Hobbies
Painting
Public Speaking
Filmmaking
Languages
100%
English
25%
Spanish