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Currently I am a Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in the Astronomy and Remote Sensing Section in the Space Instruments and Payload Department and former Research Scientist and Exploration Fellow at Arizona State University. I primarily study exoplanets as a tool for understanding terrestrial planet diversity in the Universe and determining the likelihood of an exoplanet to be habitable to life as we know it. My work mainly combines data analysis techniques and visualization combined with python-based geochemical and geophysical modeling. My work seeks to directly address the question question "Is the Earth special?" in both our Solar System and in the Universe as a whole.