Research Projects
Circumgalactic Medium (CGM)
My graduate research focuses on the distribution of ions in the CGM. I currently use yt to unpack ENZO based galaxy simulations. I work with the FOGGIE collaboration to finely resolve the circumgalactic medium in Milky Way-like galaxies. My current work focuses on the spatial and kinematic distribution of O VI and Mg II in these simulations. Although these ions trace thermodynamic properties their relationship can key us into the way these different phases of hot and cold gas interact with each other. I have been studying the kinematics and distribution of hot and cold gas to uncover how these different phases interact and my current investigations use OVI and MgII as tracers for this hot and cold gas.
Me with one of the VERITAS telescopes at Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona
Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII)
My undergraduate work of nearly 3 years focused on the implementation of intensity interferometry on the VERITAS telescopes. I worked on developing a novel analysis pipeline which would allow us to measure squared visibilities and obtain angular diameters of approximately spherical sources. This work spawned my first publication of which I am corresponding author where I perform an angular diameter measurement of bet UMa assuming spherical symmetry of the star. I, also, performed many other important instrumentation investigations on the photo-multiplier tubes and ADC converters to determine how these affect the data.