Research Themes

I’ve managed to organize my research into three broad themes. Take a look!

Extreme Nebular Conditions in the Early Universe with JWST featured image

Extreme Nebular Conditions in the Early Universe with JWST

The first galaxies observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) do not look like simple younger versions of galaxies in the nearby Universe. Their nebular spectra indicate …

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Resolved HII Regions with SIGNALS featured image

Resolved HII Regions with SIGNALS

Nebular emission lines are some of our most powerful tools for studying galaxies. From a handful of bright lines, we routinely estimate properties of star-forming regions (and …

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M101 Group: Galaxy Evolution in a Nearby Laboratory

I have focused on the M101 Group since graduate school. Because it is only a few megaparsecs away, this small, isolated galaxy group gives us a detailed look at how spiral galaxies …

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