I grew up on the Main Line of suburban Philadelphia. After graduating as salutatorian from Lower Merion High School, I attended Williams College in Massachusetts, where I earned a BA in physics and met my wife-to-be, Aubryn. We were both awarded fellowships to study at the University of Cambridge in England, where I earned an MPhil in history and philosophy of science. We continued our graduate educations at the University of California, Davis, where I earned an MSci and PhD in physics. We moved to the Netherlands to pursue postdoctoral fellowships, myself at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. Our first daughter Calla was born in Utrecht. We moved next to New York’s Hudson Valley, where I held a postdoctoral fellowship at Bard College. Our second daughter Esmae was born in Rhinebeck. We moved again to central Pennsylvania, where I taught as a visiting assistant professor at Bucknell University.

My family and I finally settled in Louisville in January 2020 when my wife started a permanent position at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. At first we rented a house in Steel Ranch; now we own a home in the Parkwood neighborhood. Our daughters went to the Patchwork School and now go to Louisville Elementary School. I care for our daughters, cook for my family, look after our house and yard, and tutor physics at all levels. When I find a spare moment, I cycle Boulder County’s roads and trails.

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