Amy received her Physics PhD in 2013 from University of California in Santa Cruz.  For the past 7 years she has been studying gamma-ray astrophysics, active galactic nuclei, blazar environment, evolution and emission, extragalactic background light,intergalactic magnetic fields, extragalactic cosmic ray and photon propagation, relativistic acceleration mechanisms and non-thermal emission processes.   Her efforts in research are balanced by teaching Bay Area college-level physics classes.