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Since 2006 I have been a professor in the Astronomy Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2023-2026, I am serving as the department chair. My research centers on the study the interstellar medium (ISM) in nearby galaxies as a probe of galactic structure, dynamics, and star formation. I have taught courses at the undergraduate level on general astrophysics, planetary systems, and galaxies and cosmology, and courses at the graduate level on galaxies and dynamics.

I participate actively in the SDSS-V collaboration, as co-chair of the Star Formation and Feedback Working Group for the Local Volume Mapper, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Advisory Council.