He is PI of the stellar dynamics, stellar evolution, black holes, and gravitational waves group at UNC, currently supported by active grants from the National Science Foundation (AST-2009916) and NASA (Astrophysics Theory Program 80NSSC22K0722 and Roman Space Telescope Preparatory Program). He is the recipient of a New Investigator Award from the Kaufman Foundation, a Sloan Fellowship, a Packard Fellowship, the 2023 Vera Rubin Early Career Prize from the AAS Division of Dynamical Astronomy, and the 2024 Helen B. Warner Prize from the AAS. Carl is originally from Shreveport, Louisiana.