Mentor Areas
My group works on lensing and cosmology with the Dark Energy Survey and other galaxy surveys. Undergraduate projects may focus on the evolution and orbits of galaxies in galaxy clusters using simulations and data. With my astronomy colleagues I also co-advise projects in planetary science that involve analysis of space telescope data on exoplanets. Machine learning methods such as Convolutional Neural Nets are deployed in much of our data analysis.
Description:
Projects will vary. Interested students should contact us to discuss possibilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of calculus, some linear algebra, and mechanics, as well as experience with coding in python is preferred.
Details:
Preferred Student Year
First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.