I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA).  My research interests include planet formation, disk dynamics and turbulence.  My detailed CV is here, and my scientific papers can be found here.  I am a member of the seminar committee at CITA.  I regularly serve as a peer reviewer for NASA, the Astrophysical Journal and Icarus.

    I was previously employed as a postdoc and lecturer in the Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University.  I earned my PhD from the UC Berkeley Physics Dept., completing a thesis on planetesimal formation with (then) Berkeley Astronomy Professor Frank Shu.  I earned undergradute degrees in Physics (Summa Cum Laude) and French from Amherst College.  My thesis on “Axions and Spin-Mass Coupling” was a finalist for the APS Apker Award.

    Being an astronomer isn’t easy, but it provides wonderful opportunities for interacting with brilliant minds (and interesting characters) and for exciting travel.   In March 2006 I was in Egypt to see a fabulous total solar eclipse.  I was the invited banquet speaker for the Frontiers of Astronomy School at the Alexandria Library.  Please contact me if you need an astronomer for your eclipse expedition!

    When I’m not pondering the heavens, my hobbies include rock climbing, snowboarding and windsurfing.