I am a gravitational-wave astrophysicist using observations to probe the physics and astrophysics of gravity, black holes, and neutron stars. I create new ways to exploit LIGO and Virgo measurements to answer questions in astrophysics and cosmology, while paving the way for future instruments like LISA. When not working with data, I think about open questions regarding the nature of black hole mergers and their observational implications.

Before joining Columbia University and the Flatiron Institute, I was a NASA Einstein Fellow at MIT. I obtained my PhD in Physics from Caltech in 2018, where I was part of the LIGO Laboratory. I have been a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration since 2012.

My current research interests include: measurements of black-hole spins, black-hole spectroscopy, mass-function cosmology, dark matter signatures with gravitational waves, and machine learning methods for gravitational-wave astronomy.