Under construction as of 5/24/2018
Education
- PhD. Physics - University of California, Riverside - Sept 2017
Dissertation title: “The Origin and Impact of Broadened Emission Lines in Star-Forming Galaxies at 1.4<z<3.8”
- MS Physics - University of California, Riverside - Jan 2013
- BS Physics - Louisiana State University - May 2011
Research
Galactic outflows (2011-2017)
- Used Markov Chain Monte Carlo fitting to decompose emission lines into broad and narrow components to detect outflows from z~2 star-forming galaxies
- Observed and reduced multi-object IR spectra as part of the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) survey team
- Developed reduction pipeline software and documentation for MOSDEF
- Paper
Red Supergiant Dust Production (2007-2011)
- Ran monte carlo simulations of dust around red supergiants
- Wrote visualization and data management wrapper for simulation outputs
Atmospheric Properties - High Altitude Balloon Project (2010-2011)
- Designed, built, tested, and flew a balloon payload to measure atmospheric conditions
- Wrote scientific requirements and payload software
- Presented payload design and test results for critical reviews
- Media: AHAC conference write-up, Science Presentation, FRR Doc, FRR Presentation, CDR Doc, CDR Presentation, PDR Doc, PDR Presentation, LaACES site (recently updated)
Asteroid Classification, Observation, and Laboratory Analysis (2010)
Binary Star Occultation of Saturn's Rings (2009)
Data Science Projects
Loot box project (2017-2018)
- Built Monte Carlo simulation of the “loot boxes” in the game Overwatch. Discovered how the loot box system worked with only data on loot box outputs. Compared results to analytical solutions and other people’s analysis and found good agreement to both. Posted results to social media and several gaming news sites wrote articles about the results
- Full write up on Loot Boxes here
- Loot Box simulation tool here
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Replay Analysis (January 2018-Present)
- Details removed due to privacy reasons
Robotics
- Supervised students building robots including a ~120 lb, ~$10,000 robot for the FRC competition
- Specialized in teaching students about electronics and software development
- Initiated a shared online documentation system for the team
- Helped students learn the basics about the engineering process as well as mechanical, electrical, and software systems
- Spent ~10 hr/week during the 6 week FRC competition season and ~4 hours/week outside of that.
- Traveled to competitions as well as outreach events for the team.
Publications
First Author Publications
- “The MOSDEF Survey: Broad Emission Lines at z=1.4-3.8” Freeman, William R.; Siana, Brian; Kriek, Mariska; Shapley, Alice E.; Reddy, Naveen A.; Coil, Alison L.; Mobasher, Bahram; Muratov, Alexander L.; Sanders, Ryan L.; Leung, Gene C. K.; deGroot, Laura; Shivaei, Irene; Price, Sedona H.; Azadi, Mojegan; Keres, Dusan https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.03230v1
Co-Author on 22 other peer-reviewed publications and 3 in-prep
Conference Presentations
- AAS 229 Dissertation Presentation (2017): The MOSDEF Survey: Outflows from Broadened Emission Lines at z=[1.3 - 3.8]
- AAS 227 Oral Presentation (2015): The MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) Survey: Outflows from galaxies at z~2.3
- Keck Science Meeting Poster (2015): The MOSDEF Survey: Outflows from galaxies at z~2
- AAS 225 Poster Presentation (2014): Outflow Properties of Star-forming Galaxies at z~2 from the MOSDEF Survey
- Keck Science Meeting Poster (2014): The MOSDEF Survey: Outflows from Star-forming Galaxies at z~2
- AAS 217 Poster Presentation (2010): Dust Around Red Supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds
- DDA Poster Presentation (2010): Isolation of Stellar Signals in a Binary Star Occultation of Saturn's Rings
- DPS Poster Presentation (2010): Investigation of the Origin of 2008TC3 Through Spectral Analysis of F-type Asteroids and Lab Spectra of Almahata Sitta and Mineral Mixtures
Observational Experience
- MOSFIRE (multi-object infrared spectrograph) on Keck telescope (12 nights)
- LRIS (multi-object visible spectrograph) on Keck telescope (3 nights)
- Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) (2 nights)
- Attended Observational Astronomy Workshop at Lick Telescope
- Attended Summer School for Adaptive Optics at the Center for Adaptive Optics
Open Source Software Releases
Public Outreach
- Oct. 2017 “Volunteer Robotics Judge” Beach Blitz FRC event
- Sept. 2017-present: Robotics Mentor for team based out of North High School, Riverside, CA
- Sept. 2013-May 2017: Robotics Mentor for team PolyTechs based out of Poly High School, Riverside, CA
- Mar. 2017 “STEM Day Camp - Building Water Rockets” Boy Scouts
- Apr. 2017 “Student Project Judge” College Bound California
- Apr. 2016 “Student Project Judge” College Bound California
- Sept. 2015 “Learn to Use Your Telescope Workshop” UCR Astronomy
- Sept. 2015 “Lunar Eclipse Telescope Viewing” UCR Astronomy
- Oct. 2015 “Riverside long night of Arts and Innovation” UCR Astronomy
- Nov. 2015 “Physics and Astronomy Open House” UCR Astronomy
- Jan. 2014 “Chambliss Poster Judge” at AAS
- Feb. 2014 “Science Olympiad Astronomy Test Creator/Grader”
Teaching
- Introductory Physics Discussion for non-majors (2x)
- Introductory Physics Lab for non-majors (2x)
- Developed electronics in robotics presentation for PolyTechs robotic team
Tests
Mostly for fun, here are my very old standardized test scores.
- Physics GRE: 630 (2010)
- General GRE Verbal: 470 (2010)
- General GRE Quantitative: 800 (2010)
- General GRE Verbal: 3.5 (2010)
- Math SAT: 800 (2006)
- Reading SAT: 560 (2006)
- Writing SAT: 540 (2006)
- ACT Composite 28 (2006)
- ACT English =29 (2006)
- ACT Math=33 (2006)
- ACT Reading=22 (2006)
- ACT Science=27 (2006)
- AP Calculus BC: 5 (2006)
- AP Chemistry: 4 (2006)