Greetings, I am a tenure-track professor of astronomy at New Mexico State University. My current research focuses around computer simulations of the origin of the Earth, the Solar System, and exoplanets. A goal of this research is to establish a model that combines all the necessary physics to simulate the formation of planetary systems, and enable comparisons with the astronomical observations. In addition to my work on planet formation, I work also on planetary geophysics and extragalactic astronomy. I have previously worked on star formation and stellar activity, both observationally. PhD 2009, 51 referred articles, cited over 2000 times, h-index: 28.