Formal Education
Ph.D., Physics Dec 2013
Dissertation: The Evolution of Stellar Velocity Dispersion in Galaxy Mergers
University of California, Riverside
Dissertation: The Evolution of Stellar Velocity Dispersion in Galaxy Mergers
University of California, Riverside
M.S., Applied & Engineering Physics May 2008
George Mason University
B.S., Physics May 2003
James Madison University
Highlights
Dissertation Year Program Fellowship Award 2012 – 2013
Provided a stipend, tuition, and fees for two academic quarters.
Graduate Division, University of California, Riverside
Provided a stipend, tuition, and fees for two academic quarters.
Graduate Division, University of California, Riverside
Benjamin C. Shen Memorial Award 2012
For "Outstanding Fourth-Year Graduate Student." ($500)
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Riverside
Research Grant: Hubble Space Telescope Theory Program AR-12626 2011
Paid for two years of tuition and salary as a graduate student researcher.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Robert T. Poe Memorial Graduate Scholarship Award 2010
For "Outstanding Graduate Research by a Second-Year Graduate Student." ($500)
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Riverside
| UC Riverside | |
| General Relativity | A+ |
| Mathematical Methods of Theoretical Physics | A |
| Classical Electrodynamics I | A |
| Classical Electrodynamics II | A |
| Classical Mechanics | A |
| Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics | A- |
| Techniques of Observational Astrophysics (astronomical imaging, spectroscopy, and image analysis) | A |
| Stellar Structure & Evolution | A+ |
| George Mason University | |
| Computational Physics | A |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics I | A |
| Quantum Mechanics I | A |
| Quantum Mechanics II | A |
| Space Science (space weather) | A |
| Astrophysics (stellar atmospheres) | A |
| James Madison University | |
| Digital Electronics | B |
| History of Science, 1543 – 1859 | A |