Curriculum Vitae

This is my academic Curriculum Vitae (CV). It is limited to my formal education and work experience in academia. For information on my work after leaving the university, see the recent projects page.

Teaching Experience

2013 – 2017

Mentored PhD and undergraduate physics students:
Yuedong Fang (PhD), Tae-Hyeon Shin (PhD), Charles Davis, and Andrew Neil

2013

Guest lecturer
Introduction to Astrophysics II
University of Pennsylvania

2009 – 2010

Teaching Assistant
General Physics Lab: Mechanics, Heat, and Sound
University of Pennsylvania

2006

Teaching Assistant
Matter and Interactions: Mechanics
Purdue University

2013 – 2017
Mentored PhD and undergraduate physics students
:
Yuedong Fang (PhD), Tae-Hyeon Shin (PhD), Charles Davis, and Andrew Neil

2013
Guest lecturer

Introduction to Astrophysics II
University of Pennsylvania

2009 – 2010
Teaching Assistant

General Physics Lab: Mechanics, Heat, and Sound
University of Pennsylvania

2006
Teaching Assistant

Matter and Interactions: Mechanics
Purdue University

Service and Awards

2015 – 2017

Referee for journals ApJ, MNRAS, and JCAP.

2013 – 2016

Coordinated Dark Energy Survey galaxy-galaxy lensing subgroup.

August 2014

Public outreach on cosmic voids at COSI, Columbus, Ohio.

2012 – 2013

Fellowship, Zaccheus Daniel Foundation for Astronomical Science

2011 – 2012

Organized University of Pennsylvania weekly Astrophysics Journal Club.

2007

College of Science Dean’s Award at the Purdue Undergrad Poster Symposium

2015 – 2017
Referee for journals ApJ, MNRAS, and JCAP.

2013 – 2016
Coordinated Dark Energy Survey galaxy-galaxy lensing subgroup.

August 2014
Public outreach on cosmic voids at COSI, Columbus, Ohio.

2012 – 2013
Fellowship, Zaccheus Daniel Foundation for Astronomical Science

2011 – 2012
Organized University of Pennsylvania weekly Astrophysics Journal Club.

2007
College of Science Dean’s Award at the Purdue Undergrad Poster Symposium

Education

2009 – 2014

Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy
University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Bhuvnesh Jain
Thesis: Weak Lensing and Modified Gravity of Cosmic Structure

2005 – 2009

B.S. Physics (Honors)
Purdue University
Summa Cum Laude

2009 – 2014
Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy

University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Bhuvnesh Jain
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 2009

Research Experience for Undergraduates
Advisor: Mark Messier
Indiana University

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

May 2016

Chaired session
Galaxy-galaxy Lensing Tests and Projects
Dark Energy Survey meeting
SLAC, Menlo Park, California

Oct 2015

Chaired session
Galaxy-galaxy Lensing Projects in Year 1 Data
Dark Energy Survey meeting
Madrid, Spain

July 2015

Invited talk
Halo Ellipticity with Weak Lensing
Kavli IPMU, Chiba, Japan

Dec 2014

Invited talk
Lensing Measurements of SDSS Voids
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Oct 2014

Invited Talk
Lensing Measurements of SDSS Voids and Filaments
UC Berkeley Cosmology Seminar, Berkeley, CA

Oct 2014

Chaired session
Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Science Verification Data
Dark Energy Survey meeting
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Aug 2014

Invited talk
Weak Lensing Mass Profiles of SDSS Voids
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Apr 2014

Invited talk
Weak Lensing with Dark Energy Survey
American Physical Society meeting, Savannah, GA

Oct 2013

Chaired session
Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Science Verification Data
Dark Energy Survey meeting
Barcelona, Spain

May 2013

Chaired session
Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Simulations
Dark Energy Survey Lensing plus Structure meeting
Fermilab, Batavia, IL

April 2013

Chaired session
Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Early Cluster Data
Dark Energy Survey meeting
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA

Dec 2012

Chaired two sessions
Topics in Galaxy-galaxy Lensing and Combined Probes: Lensing plus Structure
Dark Energy Survey meeting
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

May 2016
Chaired session

Galaxy-galaxy Lensing Tests and Projects
Dark Energy Survey meeting
SLAC, Menlo Park, California

Oct 2015
Chaired session

Galaxy-galaxy Lensing Projects in Year 1 Data
Dark Energy Survey meeting
Madrid, Spain

July 2015
Invited talk

Halo Ellipticity with Weak Lensing
Kavli IPMU, Chiba, Japan

Dec 2014
Invited talk

Lensing Measurements of SDSS Voids
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Oct 2014
Invited Talk

Lensing Measurements of SDSS Voids and Filaments
UC Berkeley Cosmology Seminar, Berkeley, CA

Oct 2014
Chaired session

Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Science Verification Data
Dark Energy Survey meeting
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Aug 2014
Invited talk

Weak Lensing Mass Profiles of SDSS Voids
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Apr 2014
Invited talk

Weak Lensing with Dark Energy Survey
American Physical Society meeting, Savannah, GA

Oct 2013
Chaired session

Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Science Verification Data
Dark Energy Survey meeting
Barcelona, Spain

May 2013
Chaired session

Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Simulations
Dark Energy Survey Lensing plus Structure meeting
Fermilab, Batavia, IL

April 2013
Chaired session

Galaxy-galaxy Lensing in Early Cluster Data
Dark Energy Survey meeting
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA

Dec 2012
Chaired two sessions

Topics in Galaxy-galaxy Lensing and Combined Probes: Lensing plus Structure
Dark Energy Survey meeting
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Other Talks and Posters

July 2016

Lensing Measurements of Halo Ellipticity and Voids in SDSS
Diving into the Dark Conference
Cairns, Australia

July 2013

Voids in Modified Gravity: Excursion Set Predictions
Ripples in the Cosmos Conference
Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

May 2012

Galaxy-galaxy Lensing: DES Forecasts and Baryon Systematics
Dark Energy Survey Munich meeting

Apr 2012

Halo Scale Predictions of Symmetron and Chameleon Gravity
East Coast Gravity Meeting
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

July 2008

Displays for the CMS Beam Conditions and Radiation Monitoring System
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

Mar 2008

Image Distortions Due to Variations in Camera Flatness for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
West Lafayette, IN

Nov 2007

Transfer Matrix Method for Using the NOvA Surface Detector to Measure the Neutrino Spectrum at MINOS
Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL

Mar 2007

Testing the Compact Muon Solenoid Forward Pixel Detector
West Lafayette, IN

July 2016
Lensing Measurements of Halo Ellipticity and Voids in SDSS
Diving into the Dark Conference
Cairns, Australia

July 2013
Voids in Modified Gravity: Excursion Set Predictions
Ripples in the Cosmos Conference
Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

May 2012
Galaxy-galaxy Lensing: DES Forecasts and Baryon Systematics
Dark Energy Survey Munich meeting

Apr 2012
Halo Scale Predictions of Symmetron and Chameleon Gravity
East Coast Gravity Meeting
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

July 2008
Displays for the CMS Beam Conditions and Radiation Monitoring System
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

Mar 2008
Image Distortions Due to Variations in Camera Flatness for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
West Lafayette, IN

Nov 2007
Transfer Matrix Method for Using the NOvA Surface Detector to Measure the Neutrino Spectrum at MINOS
Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL

Mar 2007
Testing the Compact Muon Solenoid Forward Pixel Detector
West Lafayette, IN