About

I am an NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Santa Cruz. I work in the fields of galactic archaeology and near-field cosmology, studying the resolved stellar populations of nearby galaxies. A galaxy’s long-lived stars preserve a fossil record of its chemical and dynamical evolution, which can be used to investigate the physics of galaxy formation and the nature of dark matter. My research primarily makes use of spectroscopic datasets from large ground-based surveys like DESI and powerful space-based telescopes like JWST. You can learn more about my research, teaching, and service on their respective pages.

I grew up in Santa Clara, CA, where I attended Wilcox High School. I received my B.A. (’17) in Physics from Pomona College, where I studied the effects of stellar feedback on the radial metallicity gradients of disk galaxies with Dr. Yu Lu at the Carnegie Observatories. I then earned my M.A. (’18) and Ph.D. (’23) in Astrophysics from UC Berkeley, where I worked with Prof. Dan Weisz as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Before coming to UC Santa Cruz, I was an Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto, where I worked with Profs. Ting Li and Jo Bovy.