My Travels
I have been very fortunate to have ample opportunities to travel across the U.S. and to other countries to present my work and work alongside my colleagues. View the map below to see where I've been, to the right are some photos from my travels, and skim the list of conferences and colloquia, and other presentations to see where I've present my work.Conference Talks, Poster Sessions, Colloquia, and More2>
2022
239th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (Invited)
Jan. 2022 Salt Lake City, UtahTalk title: BASS XXIII: A New Mid-Infrared Diagnostic for Absorption in Active Galactic Nuclei
Special Session: Highlights from the BASS DR2: New insights on local SMBH activity from large multi-wavelength studies of hard X-ray selected AGN
2021
Evening Under the Stars Public Talk at the GMU Observatory (Invited)
Nov. 2021 George Mason University Talk Title: Hunting Elusive Giants: Uncovering a Triplet of Active Galactic Nuclei in a Galaxy Merger
Seminar at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Invited)
Oct. 2021 Prague, Czech Republic (Virtual)Talk Title: Obscured AGN Growth in Mid-IR Dual AGNs and Beyond
Colloquium at the United States Naval Research Laboratory (Invited)
Oct. 2021 Washington, D.C. (Virtual)Talk Title: A New Mid-Infrared Diagnostic for Absorption in Active Galactic Nuclei
European Astronomical Society (EAS) 2021
June 2021 Leiden, The Netherlands (Virtual)Poster Title: A New Mid-Infrared Diagnostic for Absorption in Active Galactic Nuclei
Clash of the Titans: The Enigmatic Role of Mergers in Galaxy Evolution (Invited)
Mar. 2021 Lorentz Center Workshop Leiden, The Netherlands (Virtual)Talk Title: The Role of Mergers in Fueling Mid-Infrared Selected AGNs
2020
COVID-19 Pandemic
2019
20 Years of Chandra Science Symposium
Dec. 2019 Boston, MassachusettsTalk Title: Uncovering Buried Dual and Triple AGNs in Galaxy Mergers
Joint Space-Science Institute (JSI) Workshop: The New Faces of Black Holes
Nov. 2019 Annapolis, MarylandTalk Title: Uncovering Buried Dual and Triple AGNs in Galaxy Mergers
Astronomy on Tap D.C. Speaker (Invited)
Nov. 2019 DC9, Washington, D.C.Talk Title: Hunting Elusive Giants: Uncovering a Triplet of Active Galactic Nuclei in a Galaxy Merger
Colloquium at the United States Naval Observatory (Invited)
Sept. 2019 USNO, Washington, D.C.Talk Title: Uncovering Buried Dual and Triple AGNs in Galaxy Mergers
European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences (EWASS)
June 2019 Lyon, FranceTalk Title: The Incidence of Dual AGN in WISE Preselected Galaxy Mergers
Supermassive Black Holes: Environment and Evolution
June 2019 Corfu, GreeceTalk Title: The Incidence of Dual AGN in WISE Preselected Galaxy Mergers
Galaxies Journal Club Colloquium – Space Telescope Science Institute (Invited)
April 2019 STSCI, Baltimore, MarylandTalk Title: Discovery of a Kiloparsec-scale Triple AGN in a Late Stage Merger
2018
TORUS 2018 – The many faces of the AGN obscuration
Dec. 2018 Puerto Varas, ChileTalk Title: Obscuration Beyond the Torus: Merger-Driven Obscuration of AGN
BASS 2018 Conference (Invited)
March 2018 ESO, Santiago, ChileTalk Title: Incidence of Buried Dual AGN in Advanced Mergers: New Results from Chandra
Poster at AAS January 2018 Meeting
Jan. 2018 Washington, D.C., USAPoster: The Incidence of Buried Dual AGN in Advanced Mergers: New results from Chandra
2017
Keynote Speech – GMU 2017 Celebration of COS research
May 2017Talk Title: In Search of Tiny Giants: Finding Supermassive Black Holes in Low Mass Galaxies
2015
GMU Physics Colloquium, Student Undergraduate Research Talk
Sept. 2015Talk Title: Detecting Gravitational Microlensing Events at the George Mason University Observatory
45th Symposium on the Interface, Computing Science and Statistics
June 2015Talk Title: On Detecting Exoplanets and Planetary Distributions Moving Forward
GMU COS Poster Session
May 2015Poster: Detecting Microlensing Events at the George Mason University Observatory
GMU OSCAR Celebration of Student Scholarship Poster Session
May 2015Poster: Detecting Microlensing Events at the George Mason University Observatory
National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
April 2015 Eastern Washington University, Cheney WA, USATalk Title: Microlensing Event Detection at the George Mason University Observatory
19th International Conference on Microlensing
Jan. 2015 Annapolis, MarylandTalk Title: Microlensing Event Detection at the George Mason University Observatory
2014
GMU Observatory, Public Observing Session Research Talk
Fall 2014Talk Title: Detecting Exoplanets Through Microlensing using the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Intern Poster Session
Aug. 2014Poster: Detection of Exoplanets using Microlensing for the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)