Welcome
I'm an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. My group studies how galaxies grow and evolve, with a particular interest in how supermassive black holes influence their surroundings—from the gas that fuels new stars to the vast, hot atmospheres of galaxy clusters.
A question connects much of my group's research: How does energy released by a black hole travel through its host galaxy and beyond, and when does it prevent new stars from forming? We combine observations from XRISM, Chandra, XMM-Newton, and the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate this question. We also explore how galaxy clusters assemble, how shocks and turbulence shape their gas, and how chemical elements trace the history of galaxies across cosmic time.
Before joining UArk, I was a postdoctoral associate at MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. Previously, I was a predoctoral fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian while earning my Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky. Alongside my observational research, I also contribute to XRISM’s calibration and early science, as well as the development of future X-ray observatories, such as New-Athena, LEM, and AXIS.
If you’re interested in joining my group, please get in touch!
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