My research interests focus on the formation and evolution of galaxies in the very early universe. I primarily use the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes to find and study high-redshift Lyman-break galaxies, including those gravitationally lensed by massive galaxy clusters

I am a member of the Reionization Lensing Cluster Survey (RELICS), Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH), Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies (BoRG), and Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Science teams as well as a science advisor to the Hubble Frontier Fields program.

My Ph.D. dissertation focused on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) / Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) observations of the kinematics and ionization structure in the narrow-line region (NLR) of Seyfert galaxies.

• Mercury Seven Foundation Scholarship  (Astronaut Scholarship Foundation)
• Florida Academic Scholar (1989-1992)
• Florida Undergraduates Scholars' Award
• Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
• Golden Key International Honour Society
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

• Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Science Team (2004-present)
• Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (1997-present)
• Astronaut Scholars Honor Society (1997-present)
• American Astronomical Society (1997-present)
• Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) Science Team (1997-2003)

• NASA/STScI: Astronomers Find One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe
• NASA/Spitzer Space Telescope: Astronomers Eye Ultra-Young, Bright Galaxy in Early Universe
• NASA/ESA HST: Hubble Finds Strong Contender for Galaxy Distance Record

• NASA/STScI: Hubble Pinpoints Farthest Protocluster of Galaxies Ever Seen