I am a Hintze Fellow in Astrophysics. I am interested in all properties of the stars within galaxies; namely, their dynamics, chemistry, and mass. To measure these properties, I make use of state-of-the-art observing facilities - primarily the MUSE integral-field unit - as part of small and large galaxy surveys of the local Universe. My main research involves building self-consistent chemo-dynamical models of these observed properties in order to understand the physics of galaxy formation. My particular scientific interests from these models include:
- constraining the stellar Initial Mass Function, and its connection to local dynamics and chemistry
- measuring the incidence of mergers for individual galaxies
- connecting the dynamical state of the Interstellar Medium (gas) with the stars which will eventually form from that gas
Research interests
galaxy dynamics
galaxy stellar populations
initial mass function