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Focus Area

Astrodynamics & Satellite Navigation Systems (ASN)

Education

PhD, Aerospace Engineering Science, CU, 2011
MS, Astronautical Engineering, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Southern California, 2006
BS, Aerospace Engineering (cum laude) , ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Michigan, 2004

Professional Experience

2021 - Present, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
2016 - 2021, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
2013 - 2016, Assistant Research Professor, AES, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado
2011 - 2013, Research Associate, AES, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado
2008 - 2011, Graduate Research Assistant, AES, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado
2004 - 2008, Member Technical Staff, Guidance Analysis Department, The Aerospace Corporation

Awards (selected)

H. Joseph Smead Faculty Fellow (2022)
Outstanding Faculty Graduate Advisor Award, CU Engineering (2021)
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2020)
DARPA YFA Fellow (2020 - 2021)
NASA STMD Early Career Faculty fellow (2018 - 2021)
NIAC Fellow (2017 - 2020)
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2017)
AIAA Associate Fellow (2017)
AIAA-Rocky Mountain Section Young Engineer of the Year (2017)
Asteroid 1998 OS14 renamed (2016)
NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship (NESSF) (2010 - 2011)

Research Interests

Astrodynamics
Autonomous Guidance, Navigation and Control
Asteroid and Comet Science
Solar System Exploration