About Me

I am a 4th year Astronomy Ph.D Candidate at Yale University, advised by Frank van den Bosch.

I work primarily on the connection between galaxies and their dark matter halos. I am particularly interested in how low-mass/faint galaxy systems can be used to constrain cosmology. I am passionate about data science and am excited by the prospect of learning to use new programming tools (though nowadays the majority of my time is spent starring at triangle plots). I am a big advocate of DEI in the field of astronomy and am an active member of several related organizations and intiatives.

I grew up in Sacramento, California and am the youngest of three brothers. I recieved my B.S. from UC Santa Cruz (go slugs!) and did two years of post-grad research at NASA Ames. Outside of academia, I enjoy bouldering, disc golfing, and playing volleyball.

vdB Research Group

At our departments annual Winter party

Frolfing with views of Lake Tahoe

Can you see the disc?

Intramural Volleyball (The Partycles)

Going on 4 years but still no title…