Born in Colorado and raised in the mountains, I spent hours outdoors riding, tweaking, and piecing together bikes. Following years of racing bikes I went to the University of Colorado at Boulder in pursuit of a degree in sports medicine. Quickly after starting I decided to switch tracks to astrophysics to pursue something new and exciting. The switch led me to a series of fantastic internships, jobs, and ultimately to graduate school at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.
I defended my dissertation in January 2022 and am currently a postdoctoral fellow at Auburn University working with Dr. Dennis Bodewits on UV observations of comets obtained with HST.