Associate Professor of Physics at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT.
Core faculty in the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation and the Astrophysics Ph.D. program.
Former National Science Foundation AAP Fellow and Post-doctoral Fellow at Princeton University.
Ph.D. University of Rochester.
I am a theoretical astrophysicist primarily interested in the late stages of stellar evolution. The death of a star is an energetic and explosive event from which compact objects such as white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes emerge. As a theorist, I blend data, numerical computations and pen-and-paper theory to advance knowledge in stellar astrophysics.
PUBLICATIONS [By Date] [By Impact]
AREAS OF INTEREST Binaries and Multi-body Dynamics; Tidal, Convective and Radiative Processes; Common Envelopes; Supernovae; Magnetohydrodynamics; Compact Objects; Planets and Substellar Objects; Planetary Nebulae; Computation
Current Ph.D. Student
Current Ph.D. Student
Current Ph.D. Student
2022 Ph.D.
2021 Ph.D.
New NSF grant on the physics of neutron stars and neutron star mergers
Groundbreaking study of binary star evolution is focus of new NSF grant
Symmetry A Common Language
Videos depicting complex scientific concepts break barriers for deaf STEM students
Astrophysicist confirms theory about dying stars