CV
contact: apace [at] andrew.cmu.edu
Education
- B.S. in Physics, University of California-Irvine, 2010
- Specialization in Astrophysics
- Ph.D in Physics & Astronomy, University of California-Irvine, 2016
- Advisor: Manoj Kaplinghat
Work experience
- Mitchell Astronomy Fellow (2018 - Present)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (2016 - Present)
- Texas A&M University
- Graduate Research Assistant (2011-2016)
- University of California-Irvine
- Teaching Assistant (2011 - 2015)
- University of California-Irvine
- Undergraduate Research Assistant (2009-2011)
- University of California-Irvine
Publications
Talks
Service and leadership
- DES ECS rep (2018 - Present)
- Early career scientist representative for the Dark Energy Survey Collaboration
- Journal Referee
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- co-organizer for the TAMU Astrophysics Seminars (Fall 2017 - Present)
- Local organizing committee
- Dark Energy Survey Collaboration meeting, College Station, TX, May 2018
- Associated Graduate Students (UCI, 2015-2016)
- Council member, internal committee, and symposium committee
- Physics Graduate Caucus Representative (UCI, 2012-2016)
- physics graduate student advocacy organization
Outreach
- UCI Observatory (2011-2012)
- Assisted with public visitor nights
- COSMOS (2014-2015)
- Science summer school for high school students
- Astronomy on Tap Bryan/College Station (2018-)
- Assist with organizing, gave talk August 2018
Awards
- GAANN Fellowship (2015–2016)
- AGS Travel Grant (Spring 2015)
- Mitchell Astronomy Fellow (2018 - present)
Students Mentored
- Graduate students (at Texas A&M): Dan Nagasawa, Peter Chi, Katelyn Stringer, Sarah Cantu, Peter Ferguson, Alex Riley, Yuewen (Claire) Qi
- Undergraduate students (at Texas A&M): Liam Plybon, John Maner, Jenny Quinn
- REU students (at Texas A&M): Craig Pellegrino, Niyousha Davachi, Jessica Myron, Kelsey Glazer, Silvana Delgado