In addition to working on the Breakthrough Listen science program and our observational strategy, I direct our student research program. I also manage the outreach and education efforts for BSRC, including X, Facebook, and Instagram.
I have also worked on wide-field radio surveys with next generation radio telescopes, searching for transient and variable radio sources as well as the signatures of supermassive black hole binaries and mergers. I'm also interested in how supermassive black holes interact with their environments, including through spectacular examples of feedback such as Minkowski's Object.
I am a member of the Square Kilometer Array Transient Science Working Group and Cradle of Life Working Group, a member of the ngVLA Cradle of Life Science Working Group, an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics and a member of the editorial board for the IAA journal Acta Astronautica, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a member of the American Astronomical Society, and a member of the International Astronomical Union.
I am passionate about astronomy education and communication - I've run public lecture series, after school science programs (including launching several high altitude balloons), written popular science articles and educational materials, been interviewed by major newspapers, appeared on television, and give frequent public talks. I have been an invited guest speaker on expedition cruises for Lindblad / National Geographic and Swan Hellenic. You can see a video of a talk from one of these cruises below:
To read scientific papers I've authored, click here.
Here is my CV. You can also find me on LinkedIn