Research Interests
I am interested in discovering the nature of dark matter. I conduct most of my research studying near-field cosmology and Galactic structure, which can offer insights into dark matter subhalos. More specifically, I have been looking into what stellar streams, elongated arcs of stars stretching tens of degrees across the sky, can tell us about the sizes and structure of these subhalos. That research has opened my interest in dynamics and disequilibria in the nearby universe. This includes disequilibrium in the disk shown in phase-space spirals, warps in the outer halo, or the reflex motion of the Milky Way caused by the LMC. More generally, I want to explore the nexus of observational and theoretical astrophysics. I believe that working at the intersection of the two offers huge opportunities to make crucial brekathroughs in astronomy and astrophysics.