Majoring in Astronomy and Physics. Proceeding toward a Bachelor's of Arts in Astronomy (Spring 2003) and a Bachelor's of Science in Physics (Fall 2002).

Studied two years of accounting - awarded an Associates of Arts in Business Administration - and the final two years of Mathematics and Physics, received an Associates of Science in Mathematics and an Associates of Science in Applied Science.

Continuing research of pulsating white dwarfs with wavelets. Results to be presented at the 201st meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

Research of maximum entropy galaxy model - solution's behavior and other methods of solving - with Dr. Karl Gebhardt. Wavelets intensive course (Dr. John Gilbert), and wavelet application on white dwarf pulsations.

Observational Astronomy with Dr. Donald E. Winget and Dr. Hugo Schwarz: study of large sample of bipolar planetary nebulae searching for correlation between spectral energy distributions and inclinations. Underway, preliminary results presented at the Third Annual Student Research Conference of the AMP and the UT College of Natural Sciences Undergraduate Poster Session.

Planetary Astronomy with Dr. Randy Gladstone: merging 2-D and redistribution radiative transfer codes, analysis of Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph data of aurora flares on Jupiter. Results presented at the 33rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences.

Extra-galactic Astronomy with Dr. Karl Gebhardt: refining formulism of an old Maximum Entropy Galaxy Model used to determine mass of galaxies, exploring minimization techniques to increase efficiency of code. Continuing in Spring 2002.

Observational Astronomy with Dr. Hugo E. Schwarz & Dr. Romano L. M. Corradi: spatial-kinematical analysis of bipolar planetary nebulae, RR Lyrae observing project, general observing on CTIO telescopes. Presented poster at 199th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, article accepted by Astrophysical Journal for publication. Paper on RR Lyrae submitted to PASP. (Visit here for more information.)

Astronomical Instrumentation with Dr. Alan E. E. Rogers: building an electronic noise calibrator (details) for Small Radio Telescope (SRT), modeling Spillover effects for SRT (details) . Presented poster at 197th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

IDL, FORTRAN, C++, JAVA, SuperMongo, Labview, HTML

Fall 2002 - UT College of Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Fall 2002 - UT Department of Physics Melvin J. Reiger Scholarship
Fall 2002 - UT Department of Astronomy Karl Henize Memorial Scholarship
Spring/Summer 2002 - UT Department of Mathematics VIGRE (Vertical InteGration of Research and Education) Fellow
Summer/Fall 2001 - UT College of Natural Sciences Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Awards
University Honors at the University of Texas
TSSSP Outstanding Leadership Award
San Antonio College Undefeated Fencing Champion
San Antonio College Presidential Scholarship

Officer Emeritus of the Astronomy Students' Association (ASA)
Editor and assistant editor of ASA's new on-line newsletter, The Spectrum
Astronomy demonstrations for Austin area elementary schools (Science Night) and general public outreach in Austin
Mentor for elementary school students in the Young Scientists Program
Star party host for weekly Summer Stargazing at West Inn Hotel and Resort