I am W. H. Miller Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University, where I moved in 2024 (from Texas Tech University). My research focuses on multi-messenger time-domain astronomy, with emphasis on relativistic radio transients and gravitational wave physics. 

My research is funded by the National Science Foundation from which I also received a CAREER award. I was one of the key players in the discovery of the radio afterglow from GW170817, the first LIGO binary neutron star merger. In 2017 I had the opportunity to report on this discovery at the NSF press conference hosted at the National Press Club. I am PI of several guest investigator programs funded by NASA. DOE also funds my research on applications of resilience solutions to multi-messenger astrophysics. 

I am honored to be a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a recipient of the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Science of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST), and an Italian National L'Oreal-Unesco Awardee for Women in Science. I am also a Fellow of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (Scialog) in Time Domain Astrophysics. In 2020 I was selected as one of the ``SN 10: Scientists to Watch'' by Science News. I am fortunate to be among the recipients of one of the 2022 New Horizons in Physics Breakthrough Prizes.

I am a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and I work with a talented group of students, post-doctoral researchers, and collaborators - see About Me & My Group. I have experience teaching a variety of courses, from large introductory astronomy courses for non science majors, to upper-level and graduate Astrophysics and Physics courses.