Research scientist in planetary astronomy at the Southwest Research Institute, supporting NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, and developing the post-Pluto mission into the Kuiper Belt. Expert in the dynamics of binary minor planets, detection and characterization of trans-Neptunian objects, and the origin of the architecture of our Solar System.
Ultra-lightweight vacuum chambers designed to be flown on reduced-gravity aircraft and suborbital rockets, ASEC systems enable researchers to conduct experiments and hardware tests in both lunar-like and asteroid-like gravity and pressure environments.