About Me
From nearby explosions to the early Universe: spectroscopy connecting supernova physics and cosmology
I am a postdoctoral fellow at STScI studying the explosive deaths of stars in the universe. My primary research lies at the intersection between Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) physics and cosmology. Despite their critical role as extragalactic distance indicators, we still do not understand their progenitor systems!
The physics of these explosions is best probed through spectroscopy and modern cosmological analyses do not use any spectral properties to calibrate distances. To improve our cosmological measurements and our knowledge of progenitor systems I have developed spectroscopic reduction pipelines, published the open-source SN Ia database (Kaepora), and performed detailed spectroscopic studies to characterize the diversity of SNe Ia from our local neighborhood to the early Universe.