Ph.D., 2016, Cornell University

Areas of Interest: Galaxy Formation and Evolution, galaxy environment, Dwarf Galaxies, Radio Astronomy

Michael will be joining Steward Observatory in the fall 2020 semester to work with Prof. David Sand. Michael's research interests focus on the properties of galaxies in the nearby Universe, in particular dwarf galaxies. He studies the gas and stellar content of galaxies across a range of environments from clusters and groups to isolated galaxies, to try to untangle the competing roles of "nature" and "nurture" in galaxy evolution. He completed his PhD working on the ALFALFA survey at Cornell University and was previously a post-doctoral fellow at the Instituto de Astrof­scia de Andaluc­a in Granada, Spain.