Brown University (2007 - present)
Graduate Student, Department of Physics
University College London (2003 - 2007)
MSci Astrophysics, 1st Class with Honors, 2007
Masters Research, University College London (2006-2007)
Research Topic: Measuring Cluster Ellipticity using Weak Gravitational Lensing
Advisor: Dr. Eduardo Cypriano, Cosmology group, University College London
Undergraduate Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology (Summer 2006)
Research Topic: Testing Evolutionary Population Synthesis Models using Average Galaxy Templates in the Range 0.09 - 2.5µm
Advisors: Prof. Nick Scoville, Dr. Peter Capak, Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Brown University (Spring 2008)
PHYS 1560 - Advanced Undergraduate Labs
Instructor: Prof. Gang Xiao and Mr. Dean Hudek
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Brown University (Spring 2008)
PHYS 2010 - Graduate Labs
Instructor: Prof. Derek Stein and Mr. Dean Hudek
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Brown University (Fall 2007)
PHYS 470 - Electricity and Magnetism Labs
Instructor: Prof. Marcus Spradlin
Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator, University of London Observatory, UCL (2006-2007)
ASTR 3330 (Techniques), ASTR 3331 (Applications) - Astronomy practical laboratories
Instructor: Mr Stephen Boyle
Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator, University of London Observatory, UCL (2005-2006)
Astronomy Diploma Course - Astronomy practical laboratories (Adult Students)
Instructor: Dr. Francisco Diego
Computing
Experienced with MATLAB, IDL, Java, FORTRAN and UNIX, LaTeX, Microsoft Office and Dreamweaver.
Knowledge of Perl, C/C++, Mathematica
Astronomical Observation
Experience with operation of telescopes, CCDs, spectrographs, Image capture and reduction software (IRAF, DIPSO, GAIA, DS9)