• Mid-Infrared imaging of nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs) and the Toomre merger sequence using Spitzer, in conjunction with the IRAC/SAO GTO team.
• Number counts and analysis of rare objects in the SWIRE survey as part of the SWIRE science team.
• STIS spectroscopy of ULIRGs with my post-doc, Duncan Farrah.
• Imaging of medium-z (0.4-0.8) ULIRGs discovered with IRAS and ISO in an attempt to bridge the properties of local ULIRGs and the high-z SubMM Galaxies (with Evans, Lonsdale, Smith, and Sanders)
• Other areal surveys including the Spitzer First Look Survey.

I specialize in optical and (particularly) near-IR imaging, with an emphasis on high spatial resolution techniques. I have considerable experience with the use of deconvolution algorithms (while at IPAC I helped with development of the HIRES process) and adaptive optics techniques.

I used to work on supporting the WIRE (Wide-Field Infrared Explorer) mission. I also used to work at the Big Bear Solar Observatory. I spent several years with the Infrared Army at Caltech and at IPAC, and was a graduate student at the University of Hawai'i's Institute for Astronomy. While working as the IRAC liaison scientist I spent a lot of time on remote assignment at Goddard Spaceflight Center and Harvard.

My thesis was a study of the evolutionary connection between ultraluminous infrared galaxies and optically selected quasars. Specifically, I carried out a high spatial resolution imaging campaign with HST and using ground-based adaptive optics techniques to examine several complete sample of ULIGs and quasars. These observations at UBIHK demonstrated clear merger morphologies, young star-forming clusters, and QSO-like compact nuclei in the ULIGs. Similar features were also found in many quasars.

Warm ULIGs HST/WFPC2 B&I

To quote James T. Kirk.