CV

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 2007. An Atomic Physics Viewpoint of Stellar Abundance Analysis
M.A. in Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 2003. Gas Phase Enthalpy Difference Between the Two Conformers of n-Butane
B.S. in Physics, University of Texas at Austin

MSOS Team Lead, Microlensing Science Operations System, Roman Science Support Center, Caltech/IPAC (Oct 2025 to present)
Lead Systems Scientist, Roman Science Support Center, Caltech/IPAC (Oct 2023 to present)
Associate Scientist, IPAC, California Institute of Technology (Oct 2023 to present)
MSE System Scientist, Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer, Canada France Hawaii Telescope (Feb 2021 to Oct 2023)
SDSS-IV Project Manager for APOGEE-2 & LCO Operations, Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (Nov 2018 to Feb 2021)
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington (Mar 2017 to Feb 2021)
APOGEE-2 Project Manager/Deputy Project Manager, Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (Oct 2013 to Nov 2018)
Senior Scientist/Research Associate, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia (Oct 2013 to Mar 2017)

Assistant Instructor, Software Carpentry (2020, 2022, 2023)
Guest Lecturer, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington (2018, 2019)
Assistant Instructor, Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of Texas at Austin (2003 to 2005)

Roman Core Community Survey Definition Committee: Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey
Habitable Worlds Observatory Stars & Stellar Populations Working Group Steering Committee
Rubin LSST Survey Cadence Optimization Committee Milky Way Observing Strategy Task Force
Rubin LSST Stars, Milky Way & Local Volume (SMWLV) MC Working Group, Co-Chair

NSF AAG, AAPF and CAREER proposal review panelist
NASA APRA-SAT proposal review panelist and panel chair
STScI HST proposal review panelist and vice chair
NOIRLab Gemini Large Program review panelist
Referee for ApJ, ApJ Letters, A&A, MNRAS, and J. Phys. B: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics
United States Congressional Visits Day, Science, Engineering, & Technology

Programming: Python, IDL, Fortran (proficient); R, Matlab, Mathematica, C++ (familiar)
Software: LaTeX, Unix, Git (proficient); SQL, Solidworks (familiar)
Languages: English (fluent), French (proficient)