
Mentoring: Students and Projects
Graduates (co-mentoring)
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Alex Jacquesson - 2022, "Flaring blazars at high energy"
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Gaetan Fichet De Clairfontaine - 2018-2021, Study of ejecta propagation and emissions through stationary shocks in AGN jets
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Caitlin Johnson - 2016-2018, Development of an MCMC method to fit blazars'broadband spectra models
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Cedric Perenne - 2015, "Modeling the variability of active galactic nuclei"
Undergraduates
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Sofia Franck - 2023-2024 (Senior Thesis), "Modeling the evolution and propagation of the blazars high-energy zones"
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Received Thesis Honors
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Sarah Youngquist - 2021-2022 (Foothill College Micro Internship), "Modeling Blazar SEDs using MCMC"
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Keaton Ferguson - 2021, "Fermi analysis for EBL studies"
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Will Ryan - 2018-2021, "Multiwavelength variability analysis of the blazar Mrk 421"
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Recipient of the UCSC "Ron Ruby Award"
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Cameron Clark - 2018, Simulating the performances of the prototype Schwarschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT)
High-School students
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Alexander Boesh, Adam Egbariya, Anya Khotari (UCSC Science Internship Program) - 2023, "Automating a multiwavelength analysis of the blazar Mrk 421"
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Aaron Danen, Rick Li, Arnav Swaroop (UCSC Science Internship Program) - 2022 (& 2023 for Aaron and Adam), "Automating a multiwavelength analysis of the blazar Mrk 421"
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Yashika Batra, Jewon Im, Nathan Nguyen (UCSC Science Internship Program) - 2020-2021, "Gamma-Ray Analysis of the Most Energetic Blazars to Probe the Cosmos"
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Publication in the Columbia Junior Science Journal (CJSJ, 2020)
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Ryan Hsu, Cindy Wang (UCSC Science Internship Program) - 2018-2019, "Gamma-Ray Analysis of the Most Energetic Blazars to Probe the Cosmos"
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Cindy Wang was named a top 300 scholar in the "78th Regeneron Science Talent Search"
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Pranati Modomudi - 2017-2018, "X-Ray Variability Study of the Blazar Mrk 421 towards Multiple Particle Acceleration Zones"
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Awarded 2nd place for the "2018 National Young Astronomer Award"
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Teaching
2022 - now: Lecturer
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Introduction to Scientific Computing [ASTR-119] (Python, UCSC, undergrad, 1 quarter)
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Astrophysics Advanced Laboratory [PHYS-135] (UCSC, undergrad, 2 quarters)
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Advanced Astronomy Laboratory [ASTR-136] (UCSC, undergrad, 2 quarters)
2015 - 2016: Research and Teaching Assistant
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Astronomy and celestial mechanics (Paris Observatory, online, high school to undergrad)
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Explore and understand the Universe (Paris Observatory, online, high school to undergrad)
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Windows on the Universe (Paris Observatory, online, undergrad to grad)
2013 - 2015: Graduate Teaching Assistant
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Scientific computing (C#, Paris Observatory, grad)
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Windows on the Universe (Paris Observatory, online, undergrad to grad)
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Astrophysics education for high school teachers (Paris Observatory, outreach)