I am an Assistant Professor at the MIT Department of Physics and the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. My fundamental research goal is to understand how black holes form, grow and affect their environments, and I use a range of observational techniques to answer that question. Find out more on the Research Page. I also work to develop new and future space missions; I'm the Deputy Principal Investigator of the AXIS Probe Mission Concept, and am eagerly awaiting new data from the recently launched XRISM Observatory, for which I am a NASA Participating Scientist, and co-chair the Supermassive Black Hole working group.