RESEARCH
My research focuses on the physical processes that regulate star formation in galaxies, with an emphasis on the interplay between galactic dynamics, turbulence, and the interstellar medium.
CURRENT RESEARCH
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Why do some galaxies form stars less efficiently than others? In this paper, the foundation of my thesis, I investigate how galactic dynamics can suppress star formation even when molecular gas reservoirs (fuel for star formation) are present.
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High-velocity clouds (HVCs) may provide fuel for future star formation, but we must understand whether they survive their transit to the disk. I use observations of simulations of 21cm neutral hydrogen to study the spatial and kinematic structure of gas in and around galaxies, characterizing the structure and turbulence within.
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Galactic winds are essential to regulating galaxies, and superbubbles drive the largest of these winds. To investigate the loading factors and effect of superbubbles on the ISM, particularly in the era of JWST, I investigated these quantities in superbubbles of the FIRE-2 galaxies.
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It is well-known that galaxies can change as a result of their environment. However, is their shape (morphology) one of these things? With the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey and Galaxy Zoo, I find that void galaxies in the local Universe seem to be more disk-dominated with predominantly round bulges.
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I use the FIRE-2 simulations to investigate gas-phase metallicity relations in dwarf galaxies. This paper shows the limited differences in metallicity between gas phases, and that any differences are due to mergers, inflows, or starburst episodes. A merger case study also shows how the mass-metallicity relation changes as two galaxies collide.
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