About Me
- I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- I am developing next-generation cryogenic readout electronics for astronomical applications
- I am supporting the ZEUS-3D proposal
- I earned my Ph.D. in Astronomy from Cornell in May 2024.
- I led the ZEUS-2 project from 2018-2024.
- I designed interface software that coordinates observations between the telescope and ZEUS-2
- I designed a robust housekeeping program for logging instrument temperatures and controlling its cryogenic systems.
- ZEUS-2 is a Cornell-designed cryogenic grating spectrometer installed on the APEX telescope (pictured).
- It provides medium-resolution (R~1000) spectroscopy in the 200, 350, and 450 micron telluric windows available to APEX.
Other Areas of Interest
I enjoy tinkering with hardware and software, and enjoy the challenge of managing interconnected systems.
Old Technology
Out of curiosity, I recently revived a SCSI tape backup system from my lab at Cornell and am working to transfer data from 8mm tapes, 4mm tapes, and 5.25″ optical storage media to more accessible formats. I automated part of this process with a python tool.
Clockwork
I have successfully repaired one mantleplace clock, one anniversary clock, one cuckoo clock and am gearing up to work on a clock from the late 1800s found at a thrift store.
Analog Photography and more…
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