Professional Interests:
- What do clusters of galaxies reveal about the history and contents of the universe?
- How does hot diffuse intergalactic gas make galaxies and stars?
- What can we learn about the history of gas from how it settles into dark matter gravitational potential wells?
- Brightest Cluster Galaxies. What are they doing and how did they get there?
- Astronomical observations from the infrared through the X-ray wavelengths.
- How do people learn about astronomy and science?

Personal Interests
- Trail running and orienteering
- Music: classical piano, rock/blues bass guitar
- Driving (apparently)