About Me

I am a second-year graduate student in Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. I have broad interests in astrophysics and cosmological structure formation. My previous research has used quasar clustering to probe the relationship between black holes/AGN and their host dark matter halos. Currently, I am developing the data acquisition system for the Fermilab holographic interferometer (Holometer) experiment. This exploratory experiment will use laser interferometry to test one particular idea of how classical spacetime might emerge from fundamentally quantum physics. If successful, it will obtain the first experimental constraint on Planck-scale unification physics (for more information, see the Fermilab Holometer collaboration page).

Education

Ph.D. Astrophysics (expected 2016)
University of Chicago

B.S. Astronomy & Physics (2011)
Yale University

Publications

The Halo Occupation Distribution of SDSS Quasars
J. Richardson, Z. Zheng, S. Chatterjee, D. Nagai, Y. Shen.
2012, ApJ, 755, 30. [ADS]

The Halo Occupation Distribution of Active Galactic Nuclei
S. Chatterjee, C. Degraf, J. Richardson, Z. Zheng, D. Nagai, T. Di Matteo.
2012, MNRAS, 419, 2657. [ADS]

The Halo Occupation Distribution of Black Holes
C. Degraf, M. Oborski, T. Di Matteo, S. Chatterjee, D. Nagai, J. Richardson, Z. Zheng.
2011, MNRAS, 416, 1591. [ADS]

Conference Proceedings

The Halo Occupation of SDSS Quasars
J. Richardson, Z. Zheng, S. Chatterjee, D. Nagai, Y. Shen.
2012, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, #220, #332.04. [ADS]

The Halo Occupation Distribution of Black Holes
C. Degraf, M. Oborski, T. Di Matteo, S. Chatterjee, D. Nagai, J. Richardson, Z. Zheng.
2011, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 43, #229.01. [ADS]

The Halo Occupation Distribution of Active Galactic Nuclei
S. Chatterjee, D. Nagai, J. Richardson, Z. Zheng, C. Degraf, T. Di Matteo.
2011, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 43, #120.05. [ADS]