I am an Assistant Professor of Physics at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. My pronouns are she/her/hers.

I study neutron stars – the dense cores of massive stars left behind after a supernova explosion. Neutron stars host the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe, and I am particularly interested in learning how gas interacts with the strong magnetic and gravitational fields around these sources. Using X-ray telescopes, I study both the light emitted from gas falling onto these neutron stars (X-ray spectroscopy) and how that light changes with time on both short and long time scales. Together, these techniques can offer clues about the shape and movement of gas in these extreme environments.

Previously, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at the California Institute of Technology and subsequently at the University of Michigan. I completed my PhD in Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. My dissertation research with Prof. Ryan Hickox focused on using pulse profiles to create simple geometric models of the warped, precessing accretion disk in the neutron stars LMC X-4, SMC X-1, and Her X-1.

I am a full member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and co-chair of the AAS committee for Sexual-orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy (SGMA).

You can learn more about my research activities through my CV.