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Address
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Department of Physics & Astronomy
100 Allen Hall
3941 O'Hara St
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Personal
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Born: November 27, 1974
Lamar, CO, USA
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Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1993-1997
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Cambridge, MA
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- BSc, Physics, June 1997
- thesis: modeling gravitational lens in CL0024+1654
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University of Chicago
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1997-2002
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Chicago, IL
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- PhD, Astronomy & Astrophysics, summer 2002
- thesis: expected constraints on halo model parameters from angular
correlations in the SDSS
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Research
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Research Assistant, University of Chicago
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2001-2002
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- Cosmology & large scale structure, angular correlations, modern
data analysis techniques, semi-analytic mass halo models, SDSS data QA and
systematic errors, weak lensing magnification bias, strong lensing of QSOs in
SDSS
- Advisor: Scott Dodelson
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Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Pittsburgh
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2002-current
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- Cosmology & large scale structure, Integrated Sach-Wolfe effect,
fast data analysis algorithms & techniques, semi-analytic mass halo models,
dark energy clustering, weak lensing magnification bias, photometric
covariance, efficient halo finding methods
- Faculty contact: Andrew Connolly
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Teaching & Advising
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Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago
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1997-1999,2002
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- Physical Sciences 118/119/120, Undergraduate Astronomy Sequence, 1997-1999
- Astronomy 242, Cosmology, 2002
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Co-Advisor for Graduate Students, University of Pittsburgh
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2002-current
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- Ching-Wa Yip (QSO and galaxy spectral decomposition \& variability),
Samuel Schmidt (galaxy evolution), Cameron McBride (higher order correlation
statistics), Niraj Welikala (galaxy evolution), Ramin Skibba (halo model
marked statistics)
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References
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Scott Dodelson
Andrew Connolly
Alexander Szalay
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