About me

I’m a cosmologist who spends most of my time being confused analyzing large-scale structure data¹ to better inform physical models of our universe’s history. I’m currently based at Stanford/SLAC (KIPAC) as a Porat Fellow. I have a joint appointment at Cambridge (DAMTP) as a Senior Research Associate / Stephen Hawking Advanced Fellow, and plan to hop the pond in 2027.

I was previously a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley, advised by Martin White and Simone Ferraro. I spent most of my time at the BCCP and one year as a DOE SCGSR Fellow at LBNL. Before moving to the best coast, I studied physics and math at Cornell University. During that time I experimented with being an experimentalist in Michael Niemack’s group, where I was primarily advised by Eve Vavagiakis.

I grew up in (western) Virginia with zero interest in physics or astronomy² until my senior year of high school, when I took my first physics class. In my free time I enjoy playing in the ocean, lounging with Mr. May, backpacking, consuming music of all form(at)s, and scouring the streets of San Francisco for the perfect breakfast sandwich.

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Mr. May

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Lost coast! (2021)

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You're a lizard Harry!

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Disclaimer: not a dirt bike, but you get the idea

1. or (theoretically) thinking about how one would analyze the data in a hopefully sane robust way ↩

2. but plenty of interest in dirt bikes and reptiles ↩