Teaching

AST 114, Survey of Astronomy

Teaching Philosophy

 

Research

My research interests are in star and planet formation, in particular the use of astrophysical modeling to determine conditions during the birth of planetary systems. I am especially interested in continuing the improvement of radiative transfer models of protoplanetary disks during planet formation, mainly through the application of mineralogical data of planetary materials. I am also very interested in meteoritics. The oldest known material in our own planetary system can be found in meteorites, and an understanding of the conditions that existed in the early solar nebula and exist in disks today can be achieved through a combination of the meteoritic data and the results of astrophysical modeling.

Phyllosilicate Detection

Chondrule Formation