Employment
Current
Professor at the University of Edinburgh, holding the Chair of Physics
Jan 2013 - May 2017
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South African National Research Chair (SARChI) in Cosmology With Multi-Wavelength Surveys (Univ. of the Western Cape, South African Astronomical Observatory, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences)
August 2009 - January 2013
Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona.
November 2003 - August 2009
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona.
November 2000 - November 2003
October 1998 - October 2000
Hubble Fellow, Steward Observatory.
Lyman J. Spitzer Fellow, Princeton University.
Education
June 1998
Ph.D. Astronomy, University of California, Santa Cruz.
June 1991
Thesis: “The Lyα Forest in Cold Dark Matter Cosmologies”,
Advisor: Prof. Lars Hernquist
M.S. Physics, California Institute of Technology.
May 1989
A.B. Physics with Highest Honors, University of California, Berkeley.
Courses Taught
Edinburgh
Discovering Astronomy (non-majors), Dynamics (majors)
UWC
Galaxies and Cosmology (majors), Observational Cosmology (graduate)
Arizona
Computational Physics, Cosmology (non-majors), Galaxies (graduate), Cosmology (graduate), Advanced Extragalactic Astronomy (graduate)
Awards & Recognition
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CAREER Award, U.S. National Science Foundation (2008)
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Distinguished Visitor, Carnegie Observatories (2010)
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South African Research (SARChI) Chair (2013-2017)
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A1 Rating, South African NRF (2015-)
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Distinguished Visitor, CCA, Flatiron Institute (2017)
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Wolfson Research Merit Award, U.K. Royal Society (2017)
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Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2019, 2021-)