I am a 4th year astronomy PhD candidate at Yale University. I am currently working with Professor Jeff Kenney on extreme ram-pressure stripping of galaxies in the Coma cluster. In the spring of 2024, I worked at the Centre for Computational Astrophysics in NYC with Dr. Stephanie Tonnesen as a pre-doctoral fellow.

I have also worked with Professor Pieter van Dokkum on broad slit spectroscopy measurements of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs). Before coming to Yale, I received my BSc in Astrophysics from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, working with Dr. Ivana Damjanov, and Dr. Marcin Sawicki.

My research interest is focused on extreme ram-pressure stripping in galaxy clusters. Galaxies experiencing such a process are having their gaseous material stripped away, often manifesting as intricate and beautiful stripped tails. In certain examples, these tails will be visible in optical wavelengths, indicative of undergoing star formation. Understanding how these galaxies evolve will provide clues into galaxy evolution on many different mass scales.

On the simulation side of things, I am interested in linking cloud crushing simulations to observations, bridging the divide between state-of-the-art simulations of clouds being affected by winds and the actual examples we have in galaxy clusters. I am also interested in learning how galaxies with strong substructural components (in particular, grand design spirals) are stripped in contrast to galaxies with more uniform gas disks.