Employment

• Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Department of Physics, 2010--
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Astronomy, 2010--
• Spitzer Postdoctoral Fellow, Univerity of California, Santa Barbara, 2008--2010
• CfA Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2005--2008

Education

• Ph.D. Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, 2005
  • Thesis Title: ``The Properties of Star-Forming Galaxies at z~2: Kinematics, Stellar Populations, and Metallicities''
  • Research Advisor: Professor Charles C. Steidel
• B.S. Physics, Summa Cum Laude, University of Washington, 2000
• B.S. Astronomy, Summa Cum Laude, University of Washington, 2000

Research Interests

• Galaxy formation and evolution
• Kinematics, chemical evolution and stellar populations of galaxies at high redshift
• Feedback processes in starburst galaxies
• Gas ejection and accretion in high redshift galaxies
• Evolution of the intergalactic medium at high redshift

Awards and Honors

• Spitzer Fellowship, 2008
• Center for Astrophysics Fellowship, 2005
• Holloway Fellowship, Caltech, 2001
• Baer Prize in Astronomy, University of Washington, 2000
• Higgs-Osborn Prize in Experimental Physics, University of Washington, 2000

Telescope Proposals and Grants

Principal investigator:

• University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Research Grant Initiative, 2010
• Subaru Observatory (MOIRCS)
• NOAO (Subaru MOIRCS)
• Magellan Telescopes (IMACS, PANIC, LDSS3)
• Spitzer Space Telescope (IRAC)

• Keck Observatory (NIRSPEC, OSIRIS, DEIMOS)
• Palomar Observatory (WIRC)
• Hubble Space Telescope (Archival proposal)

Service

• Spitzer Space Telescope review panel, 2010
• NSF review panel, 2007, 2008, 2010
• Hubble Space Telescope review panel, 2006
• Peer reviewer, 2004 -- present:
  • Astrophysical Journal
  • Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Astronomical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Nature
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Professional Affiliations

• Member, American Astronomical Society, 2000--