tohuvavo@caltech.edu
I am a Prize Postdoctoral Fellow in Astrophysics at Caltech.
Previously I was a Canada Vanier Scholar and PhD student in Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, where I led the Space Telescope Development Group. Before that I was an Observatory Scientist for NASA's Swift mission.
My research focuses on multi-messenger astrophysics (with light across the spectrum, gravitational waves, and occasionally neutrinos), and relativistic explosions. Generally I am interested in using astrophysical phenomena to probe physics that is otherwise inaccessible to terrestrial laboratories.
I focus much of my time developing new space telescopes and experiments targeted at compelling astrophysical mysteries, as well as novel data analysis techniques and control systems to enhance the capabilities of existing instruments.
In previous lives I built bikes, repaired vehicles, and guided people up (and usually also down) mountains. These days I live in a barn with four horses, 2 dogs, 15 chickens, and my human partner.
CV available on request, you can find most of my papers here.