About Me
I grew-up in northern Arizona and attended Northern Arizona University as an undergraduate. My interest in astronomy was fostered by my proximity to the world-renowned Lowell Observatory, U.S. Navel Observatory, and USGS, as well as childhood dreams to travel to Mars and visit alien worlds. My current interests includes the formation and evolution of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs, spectroscopic binaries, science education/outreach, and infrared instrumentation.
My daughter, Cora, was born on May 18, 2012! Like most things worth doing in life - parenthood is both a blessing and a curse.
Travel Milestones
My primary passion in life is to travel. This is a small list of my milestones:
I have driven the Pacific Coast Highway from San Francisco to San Diego (not in the same trip)
The winter silent film festival in San Francisco is in annual tradition
Camping and hiking at Joshua Tree each fall and spring
Visiting the Central Coast and Hearst Castle
I drove from Flagstaff, AZ to Rocky Mountain National Park then to McDonald Observatory and back to AZ in a week with stops in Roswell, Carlsbad Caverns, Bandelier National Park, Ouray Colorado, and the VLA.
I traveled to Peru in the summer of 2010 and did the 4 day Inca Trail Backpacking trip.
My wife let me visit Barcelona, Spain for a week in the summer of 2012 for Cool Stars 17 - when my daughter was only 1 month old!
