Born in 1977 in Atlanta, GA. My parents moved us to MD when I was 6. I lived there through my high school years then came back down South to attend Georgia Tech. I originally thought I wanted to be an engineer, but I changed my major to Physics sometime during my second year. Along with my coursework, I had two excellent research/work experiences. The first was a co-op student position at Lucent Technologies. I did programming and product testing in the fiber optic labs. I met some really good people there, but I didn't like general corporate life. My second experience was an Astrophysics REU at the University of Oklahoma working with Dr. David Branch on a supernova spectra simulation. I had a lot of fun there. I really liked the research university environment and I liked studying astronomy. So, when the time came to graduate college, I hopped right into grad school at Georgia State. I earned my M.S. in Physics in 2002, and I plan to defend my Ph.D. thesis in late 2006. Hilarity ensues :)

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Here's a picture of me with some friends from school. I'm the brunette in green.