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Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Malmö, Skane County, Sweden

Completed a number of projects throughout graduate school including studying how galaxies evolve throughout cosmic time and examining gas in the outer regions of distant galaxies.• Designed my own projects examining how tidal stripping disrupts satellite galaxies and comparing collisionless dark matter-only simulations to those including baryonic physics.• Collaborated with other researchers to complete projects related to gas inflow and outflow from galaxies and including multiple physical processes into simulations.

Won two prestigious, nationally solicited awards.• 2014-2015 Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship Programawarded by the National Science Foundation and the University of Illinois• 2010-2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowshipawarded by the National Science FoundationWon two college-wide awards.• 2014 NMSU Graduate School Merit Achievement Enhancement Awardawarded by the New Mexico State University College of Arts and Sciences• 2013-2014 National Science Foundation GK-12 DISSECT Fellowawarded by the New Mexico State University Department of Computer Science

Was a Teaching Assistant for ASTR110 lab course and ASTR308 lecture course.• Developed lesson plans, course outlines, and lectures• Communicated daily assignment and scheduling updates• Lectured and supervised interactive laboratory exercises• Assisted students outside of classroom hours, as needed• Evaluated coursework and monitored student progress• Created quizzes and tests to gauge knowledge levels• Prepared term grades and provided feedback

On a day to day basis as a GK-12 DISSECT Fellow, I collaborated with an 8th grade science teacher within the Las Cruces Public School District to increase science education and computational thinking skills in students.• Planned long term integration of course goals and computational thinking ideas• Designed weekly lab modules and presentations• Adjusted class content on the fly• Discussed complex scientific topics with students• Answer spontaneous, difficult questions from students

Began learning proper research practices immediately upon beginning my undergraduate education through the University of Washington's Pre-Major in Astronomy Program (Pre-MAP).Collaborated on two projects based on my work in Pre-MAP.• Discovering asteroids in Sloan Digital Sky Survey data• FAST BAL Monitoring Campaign: Multi-epoch constraints on quasar outflows

Applied for and received many honors.• 2008 EIP Presidential Scholarshipawarded by the University of Washington• 2008 NASA Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology (MUST) Scholarshipawarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration• 2008 The John Baer Award for Excellence in Academiaawarded by the University of Washington: Department of Astronomy• 2007 Arts and Sciences Research Grantawarded by the University of Washington: College of Arts and Sciences• 2007 Washington NASA Space Grant Summer Undergraduate Research Programawarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

Researched T Tauri stars and deciphered inclination trends in young stellar objects with Dr. Carol Grady and Dr. Bruce Woodgate.This summer internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center continued with a consultancy job at ADNET Systems, Inc. Information Technology and Services from September 2009 - February 2010 and again in May 2010 - September 2010.

As a part of the NASA Washington Space Grant Summer Undergraduate Research Program I tracked trans-Neptunian objects within the ESSENCE data set with Dr. Andrew Becker.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Astronomy

Fields: Theoretical Astronomy, Hydrodynamic Simulations, Galaxy Evolution, Local Galaxies, Dwarf Galaxies. Skills: Python, Fortran.

Master Of Science (Ms), Astronomy

Fields: Theoretical Astronomy, Galaxy Evolution, Satellite Galaxies, Quasars, Circumgalactic Medium, Gas Flows. Skills: Python, IDL.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Astronomy; Physics, With Honors

Fields: Observational Astronomy, Quasars, Asteroids Skills: IDL, Python, SQL, Longitudinal Studies, Large Surveys, Data Collection, Image.