I moved to Colorado in August and I want to take advantage of everything CO has to offer while I'm here. Boulder is definitely the coolest place I've ever lived; I thought Ithaca, NY was liberal when I lived there and then I moved here. I love the high density of well-educated people, the great microbrewing scene, the decent supply of quality live music, and of course the mountains. Recently I started skiing again after not having done it since high school and was surprised how quickly it came back to me. The snow this year has been disappointing so far, but as an east coast native I'm used to that.

Having a PhD at 25 puts me in a strange place in life. I'm noticeably younger than most of my coworkers and still have the mentality of a grad student. As a postdoc I've fallen back into a lot of my old grad school habits such as keeping highly variable work hours, having a drifting sleep schedule, getting distracted from what I am supposed to be working on to read unrelated academic literature or teach myself about tangentially related fields, and of course drinking plenty of beer. If you are now or were recently in grad school you will probably relate to me quite well.

Currently I'm a postdoc here in Boulder. I have a fellowship from NASA to do geospace and space weather research. In simple terms, I do basic research on the environment in which our satellites our flying.

Although all of my degrees are in electrical engineering, I've always lived in an interdisciplinary world somewhere between engineering and applied physics. My long term goal is to become an professor someday, but I have a lot of rungs on the ladders of academia to climb before I get to that point.

-Math and Science
-Being a beer snob
-Setting expectations for myself which are way higher than what others would consider reasonable.

My height probably.

I appreciate a wide variety of music. I listen to a lot of indie music (e.g. The Decemberists, Belle & Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bon Iver, Margot and Nuclear So and So's, anything involving Ben Gibbard, Jose Gonzalez, Elliott Smith, and Kaki King) as well as more mainstream rock (e.g. The Killers, Weezer, Muse, Of Monsters and Men, and The Black Keys). I also love to sing along with Stan Rogers (huge bonus points if you know who he was). As a classically trained musician I have a considerable appreciation for classical music. My favorites are 19th century romantic music and early 20th century neoclassical music. Strangely enough, I also like a lot of electronic music genres such as dubstep/chillstep, house, and drum and bass. Some of my favorite artists are Nero, Deadmau5, Wolfgang Gartner, and Justice. One of my close friends who is a grad student by day and DJ by night has been expanding my knowledge of other EDM genres like nu disco and moombahton.

Most of my news comes from Rachael Maddow and John Stewart. That probably gives you a hint to my politics....

Favorite TV dramas: The Wire, The West Wing, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Homeland, and Battlestar Galactica.

Favorite TV comedies: Arrested Development, The League, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (which is so much funnier to me because I grew up outside of Philly).

I don't read for pleasure too often, and when I do most of what I read is non-fiction. The last two books I read were Free Will by Samuel Harris and Drift by Rachel Maddow.

My favorite movie of all time is Pulp Fiction. It's hard to think of a close #2 (maybe Requiem for a Dream, but that movie is seriously depressing to watch).

I love Peruvian food and wish it were easier to find in the states. I spent a whole summer living in Peru and developed quite an appreciation for their cuisine.

Glasses, sleep, sunscreen, Pandora, microbrews, and seafood.

-SKIING.
-The future of space research and exploration.
-College hockey (GO BIG RED!!!).
-Politics.
-Music.
-The relationship between academia and the rest of society.
-The philosophy of science and the philosophy of religion (or irreligion).

Lately it's been a lot of either seeing live music or hanging out in bars shooting pool with my coworkers.

I have few reservations about sharing relatively private details about my life, but you are going to have to at least meet me in person to hear them!

-You like nerdy, smart guys.
-You like guys with beards.
-You're a tall girl who likes tall guys (not a requirement).
-You like to nerd out about indie music.
-Any other reason you want.