My research interests focus on the formation and evolution of galaxies in the very early universe. I primarily use the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes to find and study high-redshift Lyman-break galaxies, including those gravitationally lensed by massive galaxy clusters.

I am a member of the JWST Cosmic Spring and JWST Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) science teams. I also serve as the Deputy Principal Investigator of the Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey (RELICS), a Hubble Space Telescope Treasury program. I am also a member of the Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH), Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies (BoRG), and Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Science teams as well as a science advisor to the Hubble Frontier Fields program.

My Ph.D. dissertation focused on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) / Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) observations of the kinematics and ionization structure in the narrow-line region (NLR) of Seyfert galaxies.

• 2018 Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence
• Mercury Seven Foundation Scholarship (Astronaut Scholarship Foundation)
• Florida Academic Scholar
• Florida Undergraduates Scholars' Award
• Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
• Golden Key International Honour Society
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

• Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Science Team (2004-2009)
• Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (1997-present)
• Astronaut Scholars Honor Society (1997-present)
• American Astronomical Society (1997-present)
• Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) Science Team (1997-2003)

• NASA/STScI: Astronomers Find One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe
• NASA/Spitzer Space Telescope: Astronomers Eye Ultra-Young, Bright Galaxy in Early Universe
• NASA/ESA HST: Hubble Finds Strong Contender for Galaxy Distance Record

• NASA/STScI: Hubble Pinpoints Farthest Protocluster of Galaxies Ever Seen