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Positions

Stanford University
Department of Physics, Stanford
Department of Particle Physics & Astrophysics, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Member, Kavli Institue for Particle Physics and Cosmology
Associate Professor (2013 - present)
Assistant Professor (2006 - 2013)

University of Chicago  2003 - 2006
Hubble Fellow, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Enrico Fermi Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute
Institute Fellow, Kavli Instutute for Cosmological Physics

University of Michigan 2001 - 2003
Research Fellow, Department of Physics
Member, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics

Education

University of California, Santa Cruz
PhD Physics, June 2001
Dissertation: ``Dark Halo Merging and Galaxy Formation''

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B. Physics, minor in Mathematics, June 1996

Major Positions 

Co-Spokesperson, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Co-Chair, Simulations Working Group & Builder, Dark Energy Survey
Co-Chair, Theory & Simulations Working Group, CANDELS Survey
Assistant Director for Scientific Programs, KIPAC

Awards 
& Service

LSST Scientific Advisory Committee 2016 - present
Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel 2015 - present
Advisory Board, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2015 - present
General Member, Aspen Center for Physics 2015 - present
Stanford Faculty Scholar 2015-2016​
Nina C. Crocker Faculty Scholar in Humanities and Sciences, 2013-2016
Hellman Faculty Scholar, Stanford, 2008
Terman Fellow, Stanford 2006-2012
Hubble Fellow 2003-2006 
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