Research
I began my graduate studies at NMSU in Fall 2007, working with Dr. Anatoly Klypin
in the extragalactic research group on modeling the formation and evolution of
galaxies. My primary interest is in the field of cosmology, though I am also
quite fascinated by topics as diverse as extrasolar planets, gamma ray bursts,
and the cosmic microwave background.
In the Spring of 2008 I began working on a new research project with Dr. Klypin and Dr. Holtzman. The
project is aimed at constraining cosmological models by studying a large homogeneous sample of galaxies
in the nearby Virgo cluster. This will be done using the first direct determination of the galaxy circular
velocity function using a sample galaxies comprising the very low mass end.
