I am a graduate student working towards a PhD in Physics at Utah State University. I am a Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium Fellow. I currently conduct research in the Atmospheric Imaging group with Dr. Michael Taylor in the field of aeronomy. I study atmospheric gravity (buoyancy) waves and temperature variability in the mesosphere using optical and satellite measurements from the Andes Lidar Observatory in Chile and several stations in Antarctica. As part of my research I have traveled to Argentina, New Zealand, and Antarctica including the South Pole. I also enjoy teaching physics. I have been a teaching assistant for Astronomy, Physics of Everyday Phenomena, and labs for freshman physics students. I have also been the lab assistant for the Advanced Physics Labs for junior and senior undergraduate students.
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Presentations
First Year Investigation of Gravity Waves and Temperature Variability over the Andes. (with Neal Criddle, Michael J. Taylor, Dominique Pautet, and Yucheng Zhao), NSF's Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute's School on the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Upper Atmosphere (2010)
The Andes region is an excellent natural laboratory for investigating gravity wave influences on the...
Posters
Mesosphereic Temperature Variability and Seasonal Characteristics Over the Andes (with Yucheng Zhao, Michael J. Taylor, and Dominique Pautet) (2011)
The Utah State University CEDAR Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (MTM) is a high-quality CCD imager capable...
The First Ten Months of Investigation of Gravity Waves and Temperature Variability Over the Andes. (with Neal Criddle, Michael J. Taylor, Dominique Pautet, and Yucheng Zhao) (2010)
The Andes region is an excellent natural laboratory for investigating gravity wave influences on the...
Intra-Annual Comparison of Mesospheric Gravity Waves Over Halley and Rothera Stations, Antarctica. (with Mike J. Taylor and Kim Nielsen) (2009)
As part of a collaborative program between British Antarctic Survey and Utah State University, we...