Education

University of California, Santa Cruz
     Master's Degree in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2010
     Attending With Intention For Ph.D. in 2013

University of California, Berkeley
     Bachelor's Degree in Physics, 2008
     Bachelor's Degree in Astrophysics, 2008
     Double Major Awarded with Highest Distinction In General Scholarship, 2008

Awards

NSF GRFP Fellowship, 2009
Eugene Cota Robles Fellowship, 2008
UC Berkeley Departmental Citation in Astronomy, 2008
International Baccalaureate Diploma, 2004

Successful Proposals

HST Prospoal 12555 Cycle 19, PI, 20 orbits granted
Keck Proposal 2011B U059LA, Co-I, 1 night granted
Numerous Lick Observatory Proposals

Observing Experience

Keck/LRIS Spectrograph: >7 nights
Keck/NIRSPEC: 1 night
MMT/Hectospec: 2 nights
Lick/Kast Spectrograph: >23 nights
Lick/IRCAL Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics: 2 nights
Lick/Nickel Imager: >7 nights
Palomar Triple Spectrograph: 3 nights

Past Positions

Teaching Assistant for Astronomy 4: Adriane Steinacker, UC Santa Cruz, Fall 2008
Student Instructor for Astronomy 10: Marc Davis, UC Berkeley, Spring, 2008
Student Assistant: David Schlegel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Summer 2008
Student Assistant: David Schlegel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Summer 2007
Student Assistant: David Schlegel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Summer 2006