"​The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous."
Carl Sagan

I am an astrophysicist that loves building massive data processing pipelines that solve intractable problems. I have applied these skills to a diverse set of challenges ranging from scaling R&D products on cloud infrastructure to constructing calibration pipelines for the world's largest telescopes. I am at my best when working alongside other passionate collaborators toward a common goal.

After spending several years as a physics teacher and actor, I received my PhD in Astrophysics from the University of California: Berkeley. There I developed a comprehensive set of computational skills, as well as an understanding of how to analyze and simplify complex problems. My research centered on the development of innovative image processing pipelines at scale, focusing on the search for black holes in the Milky Way Galaxy. This work culminated in my thesis: Scalable Methods for Detecting Microlensing Black Holes with the Zwicky Transient Facility​.

I now work at Planet on the Calibration, Analytics Ready Data and InterOperability (CARDIO) team as the Technical Lead of the Planet Fusion Monitoring Pod. My team is responsible for serving our customers the highest quality satellite imagery products by building scalable and efficient computational infrastructure. We harmonize petabytes of imagery from the world's largest earth imaging satellite constellation with publicly available data to give our customers the actionable insights that they need.

In all of my projects, I leverage large-scale computational techniques to transform seemingly unsolvable problems into high quality products. Check out my GitHub page to see past projects on and visit my Experience Page to learn more about my work at Planet and my exploration of the Cosmos!