Faculty Directory
Department Chair: Jonathan Fortney | Department Manager: Alyssa Danielli |
Vice Chair: Brant Robertson | Graduate Advisor: Brandon Day |
Graduate Program Director: Andrew Skemer | Department Assistant: Kali Lucas |
Undergraduate Program Director: Connie Rockosi | Astronomy Program Coordinator: Lani Skelton |

- Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
- Department
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
- Phone 831-459-2944
- Website
- Office Location
- Center for Adaptive Optics, 101
- Mail Stop UCO / Lick Observatory
Research Interests
My research focuses on extreme adaptive optics technology development and observational exoplanet science. I study the atmospheres of gas giant exoplanets and brown dwarfs using near-infrared polarimetry while pushing the state of the art in wavefront sensing and control to discover new exoplanets.
Biography, Education and Training
2008-2012 MIT, B.S.
2012-2017 Caltech, M.S. and Ph.D.
2017-2019 UC Berkeley, Miller Fellow
2020- UC Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor