I am currently a research scientist in the Astronomy Department at the University of California, Berkeley and chair of the Astrophysics Working Group in the NANOGrav Pulsar Timing Array.

I am an accomplished astrophysicist, specializing in computational physics with a deep expertise in modeling complex interacting systems, engineering end-to-end software frameworks, and analyzing massive datasets. I am passionate about exploring new directions and rapidly prototype novel solutions.

I completed undergraduate degrees in Physics and Biology at UC Santa Cruz, before earning my PhD at Harvard University in 2018. Afterwards, I was a Lindheimer prize postdoctoral fellow, and then a Cottrell Fellow, in CIERA at Northwestern University, before starting at UC Berkeley in January of 2023.

My research is in theoretical and computational astrophysics at the intersection of high-energy transients and cosmological environments, with my primary focus is on gravitational waves and multi-messenger astrophysics. My goal is to understand the formation and evolution of the most energetic objects in the universe.

Most of my work centers on low-frequency gravitational waves: those produced by binaries of massive black holes (MBHs). This new class of gravitational waves has recently been detected by pulsar timing arrays like NANOGrav. Continued observations will revolutionize our understanding of MBH and galaxy coevolution within the next decade. Pulsar timing arrays are also a crucial testbed in preparing for the space-based LISA mission, which will observe MBH mergers across the entire Universe.

In addition to MBH binaries, I also study stellar tidal disruption events, the detailed structure of active galactic nuclei, LIGO sources, and the relationship between explosive transients and galactic environments.