Research

Describing the dynamics of plasma in the boundary between the atmosphere and space

Region in the Atmosphere: The ionosphere
Goal: Develop a tool to help heliophysicists investigate how the ionosphere responds to changes in the sun
Adviser and Institution: Dr. Fabiano Rodrigues, UTD
Current Involvement: I am presently working with Dr. Rodrigues to collect the results of a model we developed into a paper. We will share an open-source version of the model for the heliophysics community to utilize. Go to a GIF of one of the numerical models I work with

Region in Space: The Small Magellanic Cloud
Goal: Characterize planet-formation in a galaxy with an abundance of heavy elements similar to the early Universe
Adviser and Institution: Dr. Luke Keller, Ithaca College
Contributions: I wrote a data-analysis pipeline in Python, the results of which were presented in competitive observation-time proposals at research telescopes

Region in Space: Abell 2146, a colossal system comprised of two merging galaxy clusters
Goal: Identify images of distant galaxies created by the strong gravitational influence of dark matter
Adviser and Institution: Dr. Lindsay King, UT Dallas, at the Maria Mitchell Observatory NSF-REU Internship in Astronomy
Contributions: I identified three new strongly lensed galaxies