Current Interests

The Investigation of Massive Star Forming Regions in the Milky Way
Supervisors: Professor C. Matzner & Professor D.-S. Moon
PhD Thesis

Determining the Galactic Star Formation Rate though WMAP
Supervisor: Professor N. Murray
PhD Project
Paper: Astrophysical Journal 709 (2010) 424-435. (ADS Link)
Talk: SFR @ 50 Conference, Spineto, Italy

Past Projects

IFU Spectroscopy of Shocked Iron Gas in the Supernova Remnant G11.2-0.3
Supervisor: Professor D.-S. Moon
PhD Project

Bright Infrared Stars in the KR 140 Star-Formation Region
Supervisor: Professor P. G. Martin
Undergraduate Thesis

Orbital Synchronicity of Venus-Earth-Sun System
Supervisor: Professor J. X. Mitrovica
Undergraduate Project

Preliminary Site Selection for a Ground-Based Telescope in the Canadian Arctic
Supervisors: Professor R. Carlberg, Dr. E. Steinbring
NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Project
Related Article: Cassiopia: Autumn 2006

Pulsation Modes of RR-Lyrae Variables in Ω Cen
Supervisor: Professor C. Clement
Second-Year Undergraduate Research Project
Poster Abstract: 2005 AAS Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

Gas Dynamics of High-Velocity Clouds
Supervisor: Professor C. Matzner
Science Fair Project, Team Canada 2003, International Science and Engineering Fair 2003

Origins of Young Blue Stars in the Galactic Halo
Collaborator: Rosemary McNaughton
Science Fair Project

Correlating Intermediate-Velocity Clouds with the Terminal Velocity Model
Collaborator: Rosemary McNaughton
Science Fair Project, Canada Wide Science Fair 2001

Research Accolades

Mary & Ron Martin Graduate Fellowship in Astrophysics
University of Toronto, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Toronto, ON, 2007-8

NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award
University of Toronto, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Toronto, ON, Summer 2005

Second Place, Earth and Space Science
International Science and Engineering Fair 2003
Cleveland, OH, May 2003

NASA Honourable Mention Certificate for International Students
International Science and Engineering Fair 2003
Cleveland, OH, May 2003

Second Award, Patent and Trademark Office Society
International Science and Engineering Fair 2003
Cleveland, OH, May 2003

Member, Team Canada 2003
International Science and Engineering Fair 2003
Cleveland, OH, May 2003

Bronze Medal, Physical Sciences
Canada Wide Science Fair 2001
Kingston, ON, May 2001

Conferences & Workshops

Member, Local Organizing Committee (May 2009)
CASCA Annual Meeting, University of Toronto

Conference Co-Chair (July 2008)
The Workshop on Parallel Computing in Astrophysics, CITA