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<p>Astronomer, Teacher, Programmer<br />
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<h2>astronomer, teacher, programmer</h2>
<p>My research focuses on brown dwarfs in the neighborhood of the Sun and in massive star-forming regions.</br>
I study the demographics of these curious and faint objects to find clues about the complex physics underlying their formation and evolution.</p>
<p>I earned a M.Ed. in Educational Foundations in 2008 from the <a href="https://coe.hawaii.edu">University of Hawaii at Manoa</a>,</br>
and a Ph.D. in Astronomy in 2018 from the <a href="https://www.ifa.hawaii.edu">Institute for Astronomy</a> at the University of Hawaii.</p>
<p>I grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Geneva, Switzerland. After getting my undergraduate degree in physics and astronomy at <a href="https://www.haverford.edu">Haverford College</a>, I decided to try high school teaching for one year. That quickly turned into fifteen wonderful years at <a href="https://www.punahou.edu">Punahou School</a> in Honolulu, Hawaii. I then sought a new challenge in the daily intelelctual stretch of astronomical research.</p>
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<p>My team studies brown dwarfs in the Solar neighborhood. We work on determining the mass and age distributions of brown dwarfs, and study their atmospheres using photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy.</p>
<p>I work with Prof. Adam Kraus at UT Austin to determine the mass distribution of brown dwarfs down to planetary masses in large star-forming complexes. We use data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to determine the properties of these distant and faint objects.</p>
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<p>I taught high school math, physics, and guidance for 15 years at <a href="https://www.punahou.edu">Punahou School</a> in Honolulu, HI. I currently teach AST 301 (Introduction to Astronomy for non-science majors) at the <a href="https://astronomy.utexas.edu">University of Texas at Austin</a>. I emphasize collaborative exploration and problem-solving, and I constantly experiment with tweaks and new methods to improve my students' learning and enjoyment of any subject I'm teaching.</p>
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<p>I have extensive experience coding in IDL and proficiency in python. I enjoy assembling large collections of scripts and functions into a coherent and automated framework.</p>
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