I grew up in Connecticut, outside of New York City, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy for high school.
As a graduate student at the Ohio State University under Scott Gaudi, I helped to begin the KELT survey for transiting planets. This led to us discovering the first nine KELT planets (some of which had nice write-ups in the New York Times, Scientific American, and on Space.com).
Outside of astronomy, I enjoy skiing, sailing, rowing, and I have a general interest in history and science policy.