| Education | |
| 2004 |
Ph.D. in Astrophysics,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA Adviser: Prof. S. R. Kulkarni Thesis project: Neutron Star Diversity: Nearby Thermally Emitting Neutron Stars and the Compact Central Objects in Supernova Remnants |
| 1999 |
B.S. (Magna cum Laude with Honors) in
Applied & Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA Adviser: Prof. J. M. Cordes Thesis project: The Steep Spectrum Pulsar Population |
| Positions |
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| 2007-present |
Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research |
| 2004-2007 |
Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow,
MIT Department of Physics |
| 2001 |
Teaching Assistant, Astronomical
Instrumentation (graduate course) |
| 2001 |
Teaching Assistant, Stellar
Structure & Astrophysics (graduate course) |
| 1999 |
Teaching Assistant, Continuum
Physics (undergraduate course) |
| 1998 |
Summer Research Assistant,
Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico |
| 1998 |
Teaching Assistant, Introduction
to Relativity (undergraduate course) |
| 1997 |
Summer Research Assistant, NRAO,
Charlottesville, VA |
| 1997 |
Teaching Assistant, Introduction
to Astrophysics (undergraduate course) |
| 1996 |
Summer Research Assistant,
Haystack Observatory, MA |
| 1995-1999 |
Undergraduate Research
Assistant, Cornell University |
| Research Interests |
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| Pulsars, Neutron Stars, Soft
Gamma-ray Repeaters |
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| Supernova Remnants |
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| High-precision optical astrometry |
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| Radio, Optical, and X-ray
Instrumentation and Signal Processing |
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| Professional Activities |
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| 2007- |
Murchison Widefield Array
Transient Science Team |
| 2007 |
Peer reviewer: Chandra X-ray
Observatory |
| 2006 |
Contellation-X Facility Science
Team Science Panel |
| 2006-2007 |
Peer reviewer: Green Bank
Telescope, Very Large Array |
| 1999- |
Peer reviewer: Astrophysical
Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Grants & Proposals |
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| PI on 5 Chandra proposals (total 243 ksec) |
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| PI on 3 XMM proposals (total 176 ksec) |
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| PI on multiple Keck and Magellan proposals |
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| Co-I on 2 Chandra Large Proposals |
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| PI on 3 HST proposals
(total 42 orbits) |
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| Honors & Awards |
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| 2004 |
Milton and Francis Clauser
Doctoral Dissertation Prize (Caltech) |
| 1999-2004 |
Hertz Foundation Fellow |
| 1999 |
Hartmann Award for Experimental
Physics (Cornell) |
| 1997-1999 |
Goldwater Fellow |
| 1998 |
Astronomical Society of New York
Undergraduate Award |
| Personal Information |
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| Citizenship |
US & Canada (born Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, 07-December-1977) |
| Papers |
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| Talks |