A large fraction of stars live in binary or higher order systems and will interact with a companion at least once within their lifetimes. Understanding these interactions is therefore essential for building a complete picture of stellar evolution. Sripped stars -- which have lost their hydrogen envelopes through binary interactionsn and are therefore products of recent binary interaction-- provide a window into how binary interactions shape stellar evolution processes. They are also progenitors to many astrophysically interesting systems, such as stripped supernovae, compact-object binaries, and gravitational wave sources, making them relevant to a broad range of astrophysical questions.

My research focuses on discovering and characterizing low- and intermediate-mass stripped stars and using those population to contrain binary evolution processes. I am primarily an observational astrophysicist, working across ultraviolet and optical using both photometry and spectroscopy. My research utilizes both archival data and targeted followed-up observations using state-of-the-art facilities such as Keck and Magellan. I also use population synthesis and forward modeling techniques to understand observational and selection biases and connect observed samples to the underlying population.