Curriculum Vitae
Honors and Awards
2020
Outstanding Graduate Student in Engagement Award
$1 k
CoS, Clemson University
Outreach
2024
Astronomy Club
Greenville, SC
2023
Astro on Tap
New Haven, CT
Nov 2020
3 Minute Thesis Competition
Clemson Graduate School, SC
Feb. 2019
Science Fair Volunteer Judge
Clemson Elementary School, SC
Feb. 2018
College of Science Donors' Dinner
Clemson University, SC
Feb. 2018
Clemson Science Day for Elementary Schools
Clemson University, SC
March 2017
Eclipse over Clemson
Clemson Child Development Center, SC
2016-2017
Planetarium Shows
Clemson University, SC
Publications
Total: first author - 7; co-author - 26; h-index - 14
First Author
2023
The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): the most powerful jets through the lens of a superb X-ray eye
arXiv:2311.04782
Frontiers, under review
Awarded Research Funding
Total as PI: $441 k
2023
NuSTAR proposal 9259
$72k
2022
NuSTAR proposal 8196
$123k
2021
Fermi-LAT proposal 141104
$75k
2020
NuSTAR proposal 6248
$74k
2019
NuSTAR proposal 5193
XMM-Newton proposal 86233
Graduate Student Travel Award
$70k
$15k
$750
2018
NuSTAR proposal 4301
Graduate Student Travel Award
$10k
$750
Awarded Observing Time
Total as PI: X-ray - 884 ks; optical - 3 nights; IR - 8.5 nights
2023
NuSTAR , proposal 9259
XMM DDT
Swift ToOs 18444, 18503, 19224
80 ks
5 ks
20 ks
2022
NuSTAR , proposal 8196
Swift ToOs 17331, 17458, 17649, 17893, 17895, 18114
400 ks
43 ks
2021
Swift ToOs 15279
Palomar, 2022A semester
Keck-LRIS, 2022A semester
Keck-LRIS, 2021B semester
4 ks
3 nights
1 night
1 night
2020
Swift ToOs 14716
Keck-LRIS, 2021A semester
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRFT) proposal 2020B113
Keck-OSIRIS, 2020B semester
NuSTAR proposal 6248
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRFT) proposal 2020A093
4 ks
1 night
1.5 night
1 night
50 ks
3 night
2019
XMM-Newton proposal 86233
Swift ToOs 12513, 13013
NuSTAR proposal 5193
116 ks
8 ks
61 ks
2018
Swift ToOs 10914, 11154
NuSTAR proposal 4301
8 ks
63 ks
Press Releases
2021
NASA
Clemson Newsstand
Clemson Newsstand
2017
Greenville Journal
Clemson Newsstand
Talks
Invited Talks - Total: 25
Most recent
2023
Scientific Colloquium
NASA Goddard, USA
Conferences - Contributed Talks: 25; Contributed Posters: 5; Session Chair: 2
Most recent contributions
2023
YAGN
Italy
Meetings Organized
2021
BLAST Workshop
Virtual
2018
Time Domain Astrophysics with Swift
Astrophysics Seminar - LG meeting
Symposium for the Introduction to Research in Physics and Astronomy (SIRPA)
Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University
Collaborations Membership
2022-pres.
HEX-P Collaboration
2022-pres.
COSI Collaboration
2020-pres.
AMEGO & AMEGO-X Collaborations
2019-pres.
BASS Collaboration
2016-pres.
Fermi-LAT Collaboration
Mentoring
Graduate Students
2023-pres.
Co-advisor of graduate student Garima Rajguru
Clemson University
2022-pres.
Co-advisor of graduate student Scott Joffre
Clemson University
2018-2022
Co-advisor of graduate student Meenakshi Rajagopal
Undergraduate Students
2023
Co-advisor of undergraduate student Sean Lewis
Yale University
2022
Co-advisor of undergraduate student Kiera Spall, Carissma McGee
Yale University
2020-2021
Co-advisor of undergraduate student Adam Vendrasco
Clemson University
Referee Contribution
1
Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ)
1
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
2
Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
Visiting Scientist Positions
2024-2025
Caltech
Pasadena, CA
2019
NASA Goddard Science Space Center
Washington, D.C.
2017
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Leadership
2017-2018
President - Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Organization
2016-2017
Vice President and co-founder - Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Organization
Teaching
2023
Guest Lecturer - PHYS 040/ASTR 040; ASTR 255/PHYS 295
Yale University
2023-pres
Certificate of College Teaching Preparation
Yale University
2016-2019
Guest Lecturer - ASTR3030; ASTR3020; ASTR1010
Clemson University
2016-2017
Teaching Assistant - Astro Lab. ASTR1030; ASTR1040
Clemson University
2015-2016
Teaching Assistant - Physics Lab. PHYS2100; PHYS2090
Clemson University