Research

Here is some text about my research.

SwimSense: Open-Source Data Science for Swimmers
Python
Arduino
Swimming
The goal of this project is to provide swimmers and coaches with all the resources they need to analyze their swimming technique through data. This project arose out of a…
Oct 13, 2025

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TURBO: Total-coverage Ultra-fast Response to Binary Mergers Observatory
Gravitational Waves
Optical Astronomy
Python
SQL
HTML/CSS
In progress
Python programming
Oct 13, 2025

Legacy survey images overlaid with HI spectra from program GBT/23B-032

100 Proof: HI Observations of 100 Nearby Dwarf Galaxies with the 100 m Green Bank Telescope
Radio Astronomy
GBT
International Collegues
Paper
We describe the results of observations with the 100 m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in the H I line of 105 nearby dwarf galaxies, 60 of which were discovered recently…
Jun 10, 2025

Persistent Images of Gravitionally Lensed Galaxies
Topology
Python
Graviational Lensing
Euclid
During the Spring semester of my junior year at Macalester, I took a topology math class taught by Professor Lori Ziegelmeier. At the end of the course, we conducted and…
May 7, 2025

Left: mass, distance, and luminosity distributions are displayed for our samples of LIRGs, CT-AGN, and CON-LIRGs. The star marks the location of the uncertain bolometric luminosity of the NGC 1068 Seyfert-2 galaxy, an example of a nearby CT-AGN sharing some properties of CONs. Right: flowchart illustrating possible evolutionary connections between the galaxy samples. The box connects galaxies with similar stellar masses. Although the CON-LIRGs are more luminous than the CT-AGN, arrows show potential evolutionary relationships between CONs, LIRGs, and CT-AGN among galaxies with similar basic characteristics.

Notes on Compact Obscured Nuclei. I. The Evolutionary Context
Python
R
Paper
Luminosity sources in compact obscured nuclei (CONs) and the role of CONs in galaxy evolution are yet to be fully understood. We address these through an examination of…
Apr 9, 2025

MACRO Science: King-Fitted Structural Parameters of 20 Globular Clusters Observed with the RLMT
Astronomy
Python
MACRO Consortium
Using data collected from the Robert L. Mutel Telescope, we performed g’, i’, and r’ photometry to determine the structural parameters of ~20 globular clusters, assuming…
Jun 19, 2024

Moment Map of Leo P

Fundamental Astrophysics at Low Metallicity: Leo P
Radio Astronomy
VLA
Python
CASA
In progress
Leo P is a nearby and metal-poor (3% of the Solar abundance) star-forming dwarf galaxy that anchors fundamental galaxy scaling relationships. Originally identified by its…
Jun 19, 2024

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pyScope: Optical Telescope Automation with Python
Optical Astronomy
Python
In progress
Small to midsize optical telescopes are a common resource utilized by colleges and universities for various astrophysical research and classroom applications. These…
Jun 19, 2024

Maser and Non-Maser Emission Line Diagnostic Diagrams

Analysis of the Optical Spectra of H2O Megamaser Emissions
Optical Astronomy
GBT
Python
SQL
Past Project
At Massanutten Regional Governor’s School (MRGS), students take a research course where they are given the opportunnity to work with outside mentors. I was fortunate enough…
Jun 1, 2022
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