About me

I am an observational astronomer, studying exoplanets and low-mass M dwarfs as a Torres Postdoctoral Fellow for Exoplanet Research at MIT. During my time as a PhD student at Harvard University, I was a Peirce Fellow and NSERC Postgraduate Scholar, and my thesis was awarded the 2024 Fireman Prize. I obtained my BSc from the physics and astronomy co-op program at the University of Waterloo and was honoured with Canada's National Co-op Student of the Year Award for some of my undergraduate research work. I've developed skills in high-performance computing, survey design, astronomical data analysis, and machine learning, presented posters and talks at a variety of conferences, published eight first-author papers, and contributed to the science maturation study for a space telescope.

I am an avid reader and writer, receiving a minor in English Literature alongside my BSc. I enjoy science communication and outreach, and have been involved with such organizations as Let's Talk Science (in particular, their CurioCity program that publishes science articles for a school-aged audience), the Halifax Discovery Centre, Astro McGill, the Waterloo Space Society, and Harvard's Science in the News blog (check out my articles here). My other hobbies include cooking, climbing, and the Legend of Zelda.