About me

I am an observational astronomer who studies exoplanets and small stars 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. My other hobbies include cooking, climbing, and the Legend of Zelda.