In memory of the astronauts who sacrificed their lives for a dream

Research

Refining the Radius-Luminosity Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei
PhD Thesis Project, 2004-2007, at Ohio State U with B.M. Peterson and R. Pogge, Dept of Astronomy

Bright Lyman Break Galaxy Candidates in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey First Data Release
2003 Graduate Research Project at Ohio State U with P. Osmer and D. Weinberg, Dept of Astronomy
Follow-up projects with R.J. Ivison at Royal Observatory Edinburgh and I. Smail at U Durham and with R. Pogge and P. Osmer at Ohio State U.
Poster for the IAU Symposium #222 in Gramado, Brazil, March 1-5, 2004.
Conference Proceeding (PDF format)

Nitrogen Enriched Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
2002-2003 Graduate Research Project at Ohio State U with P. Osmer, Dept of Astronomy
Poster for the "AGN Physics with the SDSS" Conference at Princeton U, July 27-30, 2003.
Conference Proceeding (PDF format)

M Giant Constituents of Dwarf Galaxies
2001-2002 Undergraduate Research Assistantship at U of Washington with J. Dalcanton and A. West, Dept of Astronomy

Near-Infrared Narrow-Band Imaging of Spiral Galaxies NGC 6946 and NGC 891
Summer 2001 NSF-funded REU at Cornell University with G. Stacey, Dept of Astronomy

Measuring Plasma and Magnetic Field Properties of the M2P2
2000-2001 Undergraduate Research Assistantship at U of Washington with R. Winglee, Dept of Earth and Space Sciences
M2P2 Website

Photometry of a Newly-Discovered Variable Star, SDSS 1730
Summer 2000 Astronomy Observing Class Joint Project with J. Frith and L. Webbeking at U of Washington

Design and Construction of an Insulated House for a Temperature- Sensitive Gravity-Measuring Device
1998-1999 Undergraduate Research Assistantship at U of Washington with E. Adelberger, Nuclear Physics Laboratory
Eöt-Wash Website

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Pictures

Hocking Hills State Park - A bit of my photography

Astronomical Images - Some pretty pictures

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