Graduate Students

Currently my work focuses on the study of long gamma ray bursts and their host galaxies.  Using high resolution imaging from HST we can pinpoint the precise locations where the GRBs occurred within their hosts.  This allows us to study the environments...

Short GRBs in galaxy clusters

Hα activity in ultracool dwarfs

 Magnetic activity in ultracool dwarfs

Low-luminosity optical transients

I currently study the distant host galaxies of long-duration gamma-ray bursts, though my interests encompass everything under the Sun - and beyond.  An avid amateur astronomer, I've built my own radio and optical telescopes.  When not at my desk, I can be...

I study the properties and environments of "superluminous" supernovae, a rare class of transients with luminosities up to 100 times those of regular supernovae. This involves working on our Pan-STARRS transient search and spectroscopic follow-up trying to...