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Assistant Professor

At Valdosta State University, I taught courses in Astronomy & Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics.  My classes sought to efficiently transmit the curriculum to students, but also revealed to them the cutting-edge ways of doing science.  For example, most of my courses included a JupyterBook that exposes students to Python, Markdown, and/or LaTeX.  Below is a list of classes that I teach in a sequence designated by semester and year (even/odd):

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  • Fall (odd years)

    • ASTR 1020K Introductory Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies (using OpenStax)

    • PHYS 3820 Computational Physics (JupyterBook)​

  • Fall (even years)​

  • Spring (even years)​

    • ASTR 1010K Introductory Astronomy: Solar System (using OpenStax)

    • ASTR 4410 Modern Astrophysics (JupyterBook)

  • Spring (odd years)​

    • ASTR 1010K Introductory Astronomy: Solar System (using OpenStax)

    • ASTR 1000 Introduction to the Universe

    • ASTR 3220 Cosmology (JupyterBook)

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Student Engagement

I am passionate about sharing my experiences with students by supporting them in their research endeavors. My mentoring approach focuses on developing skills that enable to apply their knowledge across various fields. Below is a list of students I have mentored as a faculty member or postdoc, several of whom have published our collaborative work in prominent research journals in Astronomy or Astrobiology.

Undergraduate students

  • Valdosta State University

    • Ralph Avery​

    • Jasmine Freeman

    • Jordan Hewins

    • Chris Robinson

  • University of Texas at Arlington​

    • Oshina Jagtap​

  • Georgia Tech

    • Ziqian Hong

    • Karthik Yadavalli

  • University of Oklahoma​

    • Ethan White​

Graduate students

  • University of Idaho

    • Steven Kreyche​

  • University of Oklahoma

    • Matt Clement

  • University of Texas at Arlington

    • Shaan Patel

    • Oshina Jagtap​

    • Marialis Rosario-Franco

    • Sarah Moorman

    • Suman Satyal​​

Visiting Assistant Professor

VisitingProf

After my first postdoc at NASA, I spent a full academic year teaching and learning from students a the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK).  As a Visiting Professor, I created a curriculum for introductory courses in Physics & Astronomy.  Moreover I developed and built new lab experiences, where the video on the right shows one lab I established.  In this lab, the students learned about streams, floods, and erosion, where they measured the flow rate using a stream table.

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Below is a list of courses that I taught at UNK:

Fall 2015

  • Introductory Physics for Non-majors

    • Mechanics, Heat, & Sound​

  • Conceptual Physical Science​

Spring 2016

  • Introductory Physics for Non-majors

    • Electricity, Magnetism, Optics, & Relativity

  • Introductory Astronomy​

    • Planets, Stars, & Cosmology​

  • Conceptual Physical Science​

Professional Service

Service is an integral part of the maintenance for a well-functioning academy.  Below is a list of service activities that I have performed for various institutions. 

  • Georgia Tech

    • Cosmic Coffee organizer​ for the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics
       

  • American Astronomical Society Session Chair​

    • 2018 DPS meeting

    • 2019 DDA meeting​
       

  • Academic Journal Reviewer​

    • Nature Astronomy

    • ​Icarus

    • Astronomical Journal/Astrophysical Journal

    • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    • Advances in Space Research

    • Physical Letters A

    • Advances in Astronomy
       

  • Kepler Working Group​

    • ​Eclipsing Binaries

    • Transit Timing Variations & Multiple Bodies

    • Threshold Crossing Event Review Team (TCERT)
       

  • TESS Working Group​

    • Circumbinary Planets​

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