At the starting line ...

After 5 wonderful years at the Space Telescope Science Institute, I have decided to return to school to pursue a PhD in Physics at University of California, Davis. In my few precious moments of free time, I work on these projects:

• Leading a Software Carpentry Workshop at the American Astronomical Society Conference in January 2015

• Python topic maintainer for the Software Carpentry Foundation

• Characterizing the binary companion of Supernova 1993J.

• Here is a recent paper I worked on to identify the binary comparison of SN 1993J. We will be taking more FUV imaging in April 2015 to confirm the companion flux levels in the FUV observationally.

• Observing the late time UV spectra of type IIn supernovae interacting with circumstellar material.

• Using the LSST data management pipeline on images of type Ia supernova from the SweetSpot survey to characterize the light curve variability of all objects in the field.