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Curriculum Vitae
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Education
- 2009 – 2014
- Ph.D. Physics, University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Bhuvnesh Jain, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Thesis: Weak Lensing and Modified Gravity of Cosmic Structure
- 2005 – 2009
- B.S. Physics (Honors), Purdue University
Summa Cum Laude
Research Experience
- 2014 – 2017
- Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Pennsylvania
- 2010 – 2014
- Research Assistant
Advisor: Bhuvnesh Jain
University of Pennsylvania
- 2007 – 2009
- Research Assistant
Advisor: Ian Shipsey
Purdue University
- Summer 2008
- Research Experience for Undergraduates
Advisor: Jose Lazo-Flores
CERN (run by University of Michigan)
- Summer 2007
- Research Experience for Undergraduates
Advisor: Mark Messier
Indiana University
Invited Talks and Sessions Coordinated
- May 2016
- Coordinated session at Dark Energy Survey SLAC meeting
“Galaxy-galaxy Lensing Tests and Projects”
- Oct 2015
- Coordinated session at Dark Energy Survey Madrid meeting
“Galaxy-galaxy Lensing Projects in Year 1 Data”
- July 2015
- Invited talk at Kavli IPMU, Chiba, Japan
“Halo Ellipticity with Weak Lensing”
- Dec 2014
- Invited talk at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
“Lensing Measurements of SDSS Voids”
- Oct 2014
- UC Berkeley Cosmology Seminar, Berkeley, CA
“Lensing Measurements of SDSS Voids and Filaments”
- Oct 2014
- Coordinated session at Dark Energy Survey Sussex meeting
“Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Science Verification Data”
- Aug 2014
- Invited talk at Cosmic Voids in the Next Generation of Galaxy Surveys, Columbus, OH
“Weak Lensing Mass Profiles of SDSS Voids”
- Apr 2014
- Invited talk at American Physical Society meeting, Savannah, GA
“Weak Lensing with Dark Energy Survey”
- Oct 2013
- Coordinated session at Dark Energy Survey Barcelona meeting
“Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Science Verification Data”
- May 2013
- Coordinated session at Dark Energy Survey Lensing plus Structure meeting, Fermilab
“Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Simulations”
- April 2013
- Coordinated session at Dark Energy Survey Lawrence Berkeley National Lab meeting
“Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Early Cluster Data”
- Dec 2012
- Coordinated two sessions at Dark Energy Survey Texas A&M meeting
“Topics in Galaxy-galaxy Lensing” and
“Combined Probes: Lensing plus Structure”
Other Talks and Posters
- July 2016
- Diving into the Dark: Briding Cosmology Theory and Observation
Conference at Cairns, Australia
“Lensing Measurements of Halo Ellipticity and Voids in SDSS”
- July 2013
- Durham University: Ripples in the Cosmos
“Voids in Modified Gravity: Excursion Set Predictions”
- May 2012
- Dark Energy Survey Munich meeting
“Galaxy-galaxy Lensing: DES Forecasts and Baryon Systematics”
- Apr 2012
- East Coast Gravity Meeting
“Halo Scale Predictions of Symmetron and Chameleon Gravity”
- July 2008
- CERN Summer Student presentations, Meyrin, Switzerland
“Displays for the CMS Beam Conditions and Radiation Monitoring System”
- Mar 2008
- Purdue Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium
“Image Distortions Due to Variations in Camera Flatness for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
- Nov 2007
- Argonne Undergraduate Research Symposium
“Transfer Matrix Method for Using the NOvA Surface Detector to Measure the Neutrino Spectrum at MINOS”
- Mar 2007
- Purdue Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium
“Testing the Compact Muon Solenoid Forward Pixel Detector”
Service and Awards
- 2015 – 2017
- Referee for journals ApJ, MNRAS, and JCAP
- 2013 – 2016
- Coordinated Dark Energy Survey galaxy-galaxy lensing subgroup
- Aug 2014
- Public outreach on cosmic voids at COSI, Columbus, OH
- 2012 – 2013
- Zaccheus Daniel Foundation for Astronomical Science Fellowship
- 2011 – 2012
- Organized University of Pennsylvania weekly Astrophysics Journal Club
- 2007
- College of Science Dean’s Award, Purdue Undergrad Poster Symposium
Teaching Experience
- 2013 – 2017
- Mentored PhD and undergraduate physics students including
Yuedong Fang, Tae-Hyeon Shin, Charles Davis, and Andrew Neil
- 2013
- Guest lecturer, University of Pennsylvania
Introduction to Astrophysics II
- 2009 – 2010
- Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania
General Physics Lab: Mechanics, Heat, and Sound
- 2006
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University
Matter and Interactions: Mechanics