NEWS
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Apr 1, 2026: Article describing an analog astronaut mission I worked on as Crew Scientist. My crew and I studied how humans might someday live and do research on other planets.
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Apr 11, 2025: Article describing the 2025 cohort of Research Corporation for Science Advancement's Fellowship Program. The fellowship includes professional development workshops and community building.
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Apr 11, 2024: Article covering the Pi Day outreach event at Harvard that I helped run. Middle schoolers from four local schools visited Harvard and participated in events including robotics, food chemistry, propulsion, and more.
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Mar 20, 2024: Press release for paper my collaborators and I published that identifies ancient stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. One star has a unique signature, implying it may have formed after a single supernova.
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Sep 1, 2023: Featured student in the 2023-2024 annual MIT Physics Journal including an interview about my research and art.
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May 16, 2023: Article from Brown University Physics about the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral awards received by myself and another recent graduate.
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February 15, 2023: Article in the Finnish astronomy magazine Tähdet ja avaruus (Stars and Space) about Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), the early solar system, and the early Milky Way.
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December 13, 2022: Article giving updates on the current work being done by former SETI Institute interns.
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July 18, 2022: Recording of my presentation to the US Department of Energy CSGF (Computational Science Graduate Fellowship) Program Review. The Department of Energy funded my thesis work at MIT.
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September 14, 2021: Article highlighting recent work done by DOE CSGF fellows at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. My practicum work focuses on simulating neutron star merger ejecta to learn about the distributions of heavy elements in the galaxy.
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June 2, 2021: Article highlighting my recent research on the collapse of massive stars as a possible source of heavy metals in the early Universe.
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April 8, 2021: Article covering my arXiv April Fools paper, "I'll Finish It This Week" And Other Lies, which analyzes the differences between expections and reality in academic work. See also PhD and Productivity's video coverage.
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July 1, 2020: MIT Tech article highlighting the work my research group does to simulate the formation of the Milky Way and other similarly-sized galaxies.
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June 7, 2019: Article describing the innovative STEM project conceived by Catalyst that pairs volunteer STEM professionals with middle school classrooms. I worked with a 7th grade class to teach introductory computer science.
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February 8, 2019: Article in my hometown newspaper, The Eagle, discussing how and why I do astrophysics research. The Eagle covers news for the area around Bryan and College Station, Texas.
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October 19, 2018: MIT news article about the Department of Energy's Computational Science Graduate Fellowship being awarded to four MIT graduate students, including myself. See also my MIT Physics spotlight.
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Enjoy some of my astrophotography!
M27 (Dumbbell Nebula)
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M42 (Orion Nebula)
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The Moon (taken with a cell phone)
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