Faculty
Assistant Professor,
University of Connecticut,
Storrs CT USA
2020 --
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA)
Flatiron Institute, NY NY, USA
2019 -- 2023
University of Connecticut,
Storrs CT USA
2020 --
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA)
Flatiron Institute, NY NY, USA
2019 -- 2023
Postdoctoral Research Experience
Center for Computational Astrophysics
Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)
Flatiron Research Fellow
2017-2019
California Institute of Technology
and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow
2014-2017
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Visiting Research Scholar
2014-2016
Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)
Flatiron Research Fellow
2017-2019
California Institute of Technology
and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow
2014-2017
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Visiting Research Scholar
2014-2016
Teaching
Spring 2021:
PHYS 1501: Physics for Engineers
University of Connecticut
Fall 2020:
PHYS 2701 Foundations of Modern Astrophysics
University of Connecticut
July 2015: Instructor, California Institute of Technology
Caltech Gravitational Wave Astrophysics School, Pulsar Timing Array Session.
Lecture and hands-on exercises + solutions (with ipython notebook) available on github
2010-2013 Contract Instructor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Math Matters, Engineering section.
2009-2013 Teaching Assistant, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Laboratory Assistant: Foundation year, Chaos, Yr2 Labs: Optics
Skills and Examples Classes: EM&QM, Eigenphysics, Lagrangian/Hamiltonian, Yr 1 Skills, Yr 2 Skills.
2004-2006 Teaching Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
18 sections (3 per term for all 3 terms for 2 years) of undergraduate classes including linear algebra (for engineers, scientists and business students), physics labs and calculus (for engineers, scientists and business students).
PHYS 1501: Physics for Engineers
University of Connecticut
Fall 2020:
PHYS 2701 Foundations of Modern Astrophysics
University of Connecticut
July 2015: Instructor, California Institute of Technology
Caltech Gravitational Wave Astrophysics School, Pulsar Timing Array Session.
Lecture and hands-on exercises + solutions (with ipython notebook) available on github
2010-2013 Contract Instructor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Math Matters, Engineering section.
2009-2013 Teaching Assistant, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Laboratory Assistant: Foundation year, Chaos, Yr2 Labs: Optics
Skills and Examples Classes: EM&QM, Eigenphysics, Lagrangian/Hamiltonian, Yr 1 Skills, Yr 2 Skills.
2004-2006 Teaching Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
18 sections (3 per term for all 3 terms for 2 years) of undergraduate classes including linear algebra (for engineers, scientists and business students), physics labs and calculus (for engineers, scientists and business students).
_Education
University of Birmingham, UK.
2010 - 2014 PhD in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays,
Supervisor: Alberto Vecchio.
University of Birmingham, UK.
2009 - 2010 One year project designing, building and aligning a novel interferometer
to measure surface corrugations as part of the Inverse Square Law experiment.
Universita' di Bologna, Italy.
Oct 2007- Sep 2009 MSc in Astrophysics and Cosmology
Supervisors: Alexandre Kamenshchick and Francesco Ravanini.
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Sep 2001- Feb 2006 BSc Double Honours Mathematics and Physics,
Honours Project in General Relativity with Dave Amundsen.
2010 - 2014 PhD in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with Pulsar Timing Arrays,
Supervisor: Alberto Vecchio.
University of Birmingham, UK.
2009 - 2010 One year project designing, building and aligning a novel interferometer
to measure surface corrugations as part of the Inverse Square Law experiment.
Universita' di Bologna, Italy.
Oct 2007- Sep 2009 MSc in Astrophysics and Cosmology
Supervisors: Alexandre Kamenshchick and Francesco Ravanini.
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Sep 2001- Feb 2006 BSc Double Honours Mathematics and Physics,
Honours Project in General Relativity with Dave Amundsen.
Professional Affiliations
- American Astronomical Society
- American Physical Society
- NANOGrav
- European Pulsar Timing Array
- International Pulsar Timing Array
- Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS)
- Associate Member of the Institute of Physics (AmIoP)
