I study the environment surrounding supermassive black holes called active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Understanding how matter falls into an AGN reveals a great deal about the conditions and geometry around it, and can even disclose properties of the black hole itself (e.g. mass and spin).

I use X-ray observations to facilitate my work. X-rays are produced in the hottest and most volatile regions nearest black holes. Primarily, the data I use come from the X-ray observatories XMM-Newton and Suzaku.

If you are considering graduate school and are interested in pursuing a project with me, feel free to contact me.