About Me

Research

Outreach

Talks

Resources

This is a concise collection of texts, webpages, and lectures that I’ve found useful in my research or career.

Scientific writing

• The Craft of Writing Effectively (Larry McEnerney)

• Scientific Writing and Communication, Angie Hofmann

• LaTeX in 30 minutes

Scientific Computing

• Python for Astronomers

• Git cheat sheet

Statistics

• Propogation of error

• Bayesian data analysis (Gelman)

Texts

• Astrophysics Of Gaseous Nebulae And Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN^2), Osterbrock & Ferland

• The Physics and Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei, Netzer

Review Papers

• Massive black holes in galactic nuclei: Observations (Vestergaard & Gültekin 2023)

• Intermediate-Mass Black Holes (Greene, Strader & Ho 2020)

• Coevolution (Or Not) of Supermassive Black Holes and Host Galaxies (Kormendy & Ho 2013)

• The mass of quasars (Shen 2013)

• Seeds to monsters: tracing the growth of black holes in the universe (Natarajan 2014)

• Lecture notes on accretion disk physics (Armitage 2022)

• Active galactic nuclei: what’s in a name? (Padovani et al. 2017)

Lectures

• An Observational Overview of Active Galactic Nuclei (Neil Brandt 2024)

Jobs

• Job cycle tips & tricks (Taylor Hutchison)

• NHFP equity & mentoring site

• Rumor mill