Service & Outreach
In the News
Scientific Collaborations
- Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), member since 2014: Key Project co-convener for the Year 1 public data release (2022–2026); Sample Completeness Topical Group co-lead (2024–2025); Mentorship Program co-lead (2021–2022); Target Selection Working Group co-chair (2015–2017); Press Coordinator (2015–2018); Science Committee; Speaker’s Board; Data Systems core team (2014–2025).
- DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, core team member since 2014.
- Hubble Frontier Fields gravitational lensing map-making team (2013).
Review Panels & Committees
- Department of Energy, NASA, and National Science Foundation review panels
- Hubble Space Telescope Telescope Allocation and Fellowship committees
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory Users Committee (2015–2018)
- Referee for ApJ, ApJL, and MNRAS
Siena University
- Department Chair, Physics & Astronomy (2019–2023)
- Chair, Dean of the School of Science Search Committee (2023–2024)
- Data Science Faculty Steering Committee (2023–present)
- 4+1 Engineering Academic Advisor and Coordinator
- Lead of the curriculum design team for the Astrophysics B.S. degree (approved 2021)
Public Outreach
- Public lectures for the Albany Area Amateur Astronomers, the Dudley Observatory, and the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association, most recently Unveiling Dark Energy with Millions of DESI Spectra (2025–2026).
- Astronomy at the Frontier, an NSF-supported professional development workshop for teachers in grades 8–12 (2017, 2020).
- Dudley Observatory Board of Trustees (2018–2022).
- Science fair judge and classroom astronomy activities at Boght Hills Elementary School.