I am 26 years old and currently a graduate student at the University of
Florida, finishing up my Ph.D. in Astronomy this summer, with a minor in
computer science. I also went to UF for college and graduated in May 1999
with a double major in astronomy and physics and received my masters
degree in December 2002 in astronomy with a computer science minor. I went
to high school at Seneca High in Clemson, SC, where both my parents work at
Clemson University and my sister went to school there.
I am a huge sports fan. Basketball has always been my favorite sport to
play and the sport I'm best at. I also like to play baseball, football,
tennis, and most other sports. College b-ball is my favorite sport to
watch, followed by college football and baseball. My favorite college
teams are of course the Florida Gators and Clemson Tigers, and my
favorite baseball team is the St. Louis Cardinals. My favorite
athletes of all-time are Magic Johnson and Mark McGwire. I am
also into the history of sports, particularly baseball and basketball,
which is why I came up with my A Century of Sports page. I did a lot of
research and tried to come up with an unbiased list of the greatest
athletes, teams, games, and moments of the century.
I have also always liked to program computers, and I think I'll end up as
a programmer, either in astronomy or otherwise. I know about a dozen
programming languages, but my favorites are IDL for scientific
programs and java for applications. My favorite TV show is the
Simpsons, the longest running comedy ever...woohoo! I also like to go
out, drink beer, and have fun (which is part of the reason I haven't
updated these pages often recently).
My research in astronomy centers around quasars, the most distant
objects in the universe. Quasars are very young galaxies (we're looking
at them as they were billions of years ago) with huge black holes at
their centers that output a tremendous amount of energy. I am doing
research on the metallicity, or percent of matter that is made of
elements other than hydrogen and helium, of quasars.
Facts/Favorites:
- Height: 5'9
- Weight: 150
- Birthday: June 2, 1978
- Birthplace: Albuquerque, NM
- Favorite TV Show: The Simpsons
- Favorite TV Character: Homer Simpson
- Favorite Books: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien and the Mars Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Favorite Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Favorite Beers: Rolling Rock, Killians
- Most Free Throws I've made in a row: 67
- Best out of 100: 97
- Favorite teams all-time: '87 Lakers, '89 Athletics
- Favorite b-ball game I've been to: 1990: Clemson 97 Duke 93
- Favorite football game I've been to: 1997: Florida 32 FSU 29
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