Hello!

I'm Thea, and right now I'm in the process of completely changing my career! Although I've spent my entire working life (and half of my total life) in academia studying astrophysics (PhD, Cornell University, 2020), after reflecting deeply on my life and my values, I've decided to leave academia and pursue a career that truly helps other beings. Specifically, I'm looking to pursue a career that embodies the principles of effective altruism, which aims to find the best ways of helping others by using evidence-driven approaches.

As such, this website is going through a bit of an overhaul, and is now starting to include info for my new effective altruism friends, along with my academic friends. Take a look around and don't hesitate to contact me with any thoughts/ideas/questions/etc!

One last note: the beautiful cover art shown above is an artist's conception of my white dwarf ("dead star") habitability research made by my good friend, Jack Madden, who holds both a PhD in astrophysics and a Master of Fine Arts. You can find out more about his space art and exoplanet research here! I highly recommend him if you'd like to comission any sort of space art.