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Earned Degrees
B.Sc. Physics & Astronomy 1993-1998 University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
M.Sc. Astronomy & Physics 1998-1999 University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (advisor: n/a)
Ph.D. Astronomy 1999-2002 University of Cambridge (advisor: A.C. Fabian, FRS)
Employment History
2002-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (advisor: n/a)
2005-2008 Prize Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Arizona (advisor: n/a)
2008-2014 Assistant Professor, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
2014-2020 Associate Professor, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
2017-present Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
2020-present Professor, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Honors and Awards
2021 One “Thank A Teacher” Certificate from a student in PHYS 3123 (Electrodynamics)
2019 Two “Thank A Teacher” Certificates from students in PHYS 3123 (Electrodynamics)
2016 NASA Group Achievement Award to NuSTAR Extragalactic Survey Team
2015 NASA Group Achievement Award to NuSTAR Science Team
2014 One “Thank A Teacher” Certificate from a student in PHYS 2212 (Physics II)
2013 One “Thank A Teacher” Certificate from a student in PHYS 2212 (Physics II)
2012 Three “Thank A Teacher” Certificates from students in PHYS 2212 (Physics II)
2011 School of Physics Nominee for Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award (Georgia Tech)
2009 One “Thank A Teacher” Certificate from a student in PHYS 3123 (Electrodynamics)
2009 Nominated for David and Lucile Packard Fellowship (Georgia Tech)
2005 Theoretical Astrophysics Program Prize Fellowship, University of Arizona
2002 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship
1999 Commonwealth Fellowship, University of Cambridge
1999 Isaac Newton Studentship (declined), University of Cambridge