Grants and Awards
Research Grants
Space Telescope Science Institute PI Research grants HST-GO-13727 (2014-2016)
Space Telescope Science Institute PI Research grants HST-GO-13673 (2014-2016)
PI of National Science Foundation Grant (2012 - 2015)
Space Telescope Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant HST-GO-12971 (2012-2013)
Space Telescope Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant HST-GO-12549.08 (2011-2012)
Space Telescope Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant HST-GO-12581.08 (2011-2013)
Space Telescope Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant HST-GO-12257.06 (2011-2012)
Space Telescope Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant HST-GO-12055.20 (2010-2014)
Space Telescope Science Institute Director's Discretionary Grant (2009)
Space Telescope Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant HST-GO-11677.14 (2009-2012)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration XMM-Newton Grant A0-7-55351 (2008)
National Science Foundation Research Grant NSF 05-608 (2006-2008)
Hubble Fellowship - STScI Grant HST-HF-01185.01-A (2005-2008)
Space Telescope Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant HST-GO-10850.10-A (2007)
Space Telescope Science Institute Collaborative Research Grant HST-GO-10816.08-A (2006)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration GALEX Grant (2006)
Space Telescope Science Institute Research Grant HST-GO-10424.12-A (2005)
Awards and Honors
Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow (2014)
Academic Minute - Listener's Choice Award (2014)
Newton Lacy Pierce prize, AAS (2013)
Maryland Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist (2013)
Selected by Baltimore Magazine as a "Top 40 under 40" in the metropolitan area (2013)
Selected by CNN as the first scientist for their new "The Science Seat" feature (2013)
Selected by Astronomy magazine as "Top Rising Star" (2013)
Henry Norris Russell Fellowship - Princeton University (2008, declined)
Riccardo Giacconi Fellowship - STScI (2008, declined)
Hubble Fellowship, UC Santa Cruz - STScI Grant HST-HF-01185.01-A (2005-2008)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2005, declined)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Postgraduate scholarship (PGS-B) (2002 - 2004) - NSERC PGS-B Grant (2003-2004)
Canadian Astronomical Society - Best graduate student oral presentation award (2003)
Canadian Astronomical Society - Best graduate student poster presentation award (2002)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Postgraduate scholarship (PGS-A) (2000 - 2002) - NSERC PGS-A Grant (2001-2002)
Canadian Astronomical Society - Best graduate student poster presentation award (2000)
University of BC Undergraduate Scholar Program Scholarship (1999-2000)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Undergraduate Student Research Award (1999)
University of BC Scholarship (1998-1999)
...and, an interesting letter of support!