Currently:

• Postdoc in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State University.

Education:

Graduate:

• PhD from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ohio University. Adivsor: Brian McNamara [home page].

Undergraduate:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Astronomy from Mississippi State University.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University.

Skills:

X-Ray Data Reduction and Analysis:

• Extensive experience with Chandra data and the CIAO software package.
• Wrote IDL pipeline software to automate Chandra data reduction and analysis.

Optical Data Reduction and Analysis:

• Extensive experience with broadband imaging reduction and the IRAF software package.

Observing:

• 11 nights observing experience at MDM 2.4-m telescope without an operator.
• 6 nights observing experience at KPNO with an operator.