2022 - present : Associate Director for Technology & Strategy, Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2008 - present : Research Astrophysicist, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2021 : Acting Deputy Director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2020 - 2021 : Discipline Scientist, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters
2005 - 2008 : NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2002 - 2005 : Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Planet Formation and Mission Concept Development
The study of planet formation through multi-wavelength observations of circumstellar disks around nearby young stars; Development of space telescope mission concepts. More info at my personal research webpage.
2003, Ph.D (Astrophysics), Johns Hopkins University, Thesis: "Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Circumstellar Disks"
1999, M.A. (Physics), Johns Hopkins University
1996, B.S. (Physics w/ Planetary Science minor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022 - present : Associate Director for Technology & Strategy, Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2008 - present : Research Astrophysicist, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2021 : Acting Deputy Director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2020 - 2021 : Discipline Scientist, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters
2005 - 2008 : NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2002 - 2005 : Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
