Travel the Cosmos

Research

As a NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow (AAPF), I have a unique opportunity to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. In August 2015, I will join UC Berekely to continue my research at POLARBEAR.

The POLARBEAR team uses microwave detectors mounted on the Huan Tran Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert to interpret the polarization pattern of the microwave background. This maps the distribution of matter back to a time to the universe's inflationary period - 380,000 years after the Big Bang.

Press & Publications

From an observatory so high in Chile’s Atacama desert that scientists breathe supplemental oxygen and the sky is an otherworldly blue, astronomers from UC San Diego sent a message at the beginning of the year. A telescope designed to peer back to the beginning of time had seen “first light.”

Journey to the Beginning of Time

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Graduation party!

My family put on quite the graduation party in Milwaukee last weekend. At the party, I presented an overview of what I've been working on for the past few years. Here are the photos that I showed. Thanks to everyone who came!

Touch down

This afternoon I landed in Calama in the middle of a dust storm, bigger than I'd ever seen before.

After almost exactly 24 hours of traveling, I reached the residence, and tried to hide inside for the rest of the afternoon. More stories and photos to come soon.

Travel the Cosmos