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April Russell

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April Russell

I am the founder of Take Space Consulting, a boutique firm focused on innovation in education by embracing the intersection of technology and creativity. She has previously worked at Khan Academy, Vassar College, and with numerous clients in academic publishing. An award-winning astrophysicist,...
Jessie Thwaites

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jessie Thwaites

My research focuses on high energy astrophysical transients, which we analyse in real time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. These include gravitational wave transients, novae, supernovae, bright GRBs, and some others. Outside of research, I am passionate about science communication, and write...
Lindsey Gordon

Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Lindsey Gordon

I'm a fourth year Ph.D. candidate at UMN working on AGN feedback in galaxy clusters. Most of my work is performing MHD simulations of radio galaxies / jetted AGN and the subsequent evolution of the lobe structures in simulated intracluster media. I work in the radio and X-ray regime of...
Meredith Danowski

Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder

Meredith Danowski

Meredith Danowski is a business development and capture manager at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, where she is responsible for project and proposal management, instrument development, and mission formulation, primarily in support of NASA science missions. She has led or supported...
Xiao Luo

Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Xiao Luo

My current research focuses on searching for new physics with neutrino experiments. I am passionate about expanding our knowledge beyond the standard model, in particular, aimed at explaining puzzles like where does the neutrino mass come from, or what could be the dark matter, etc. I am also...
Lou Baya Ould Rouis

Astronomy, Boston University

Lou Baya Ould Rouis

Lou Baya Ould Rouis is a Ph.D. candidate at Boston University currently working in the BU White Dwarf group (https://sites.bu.edu/buwd/) guided by Professor JJ Hermes. Lou Baya primarily studies massive white dwarfs with spectroscopy in an effort to understand stellar evolution. She has also worked...
Claire E. Williams

Naoz Group, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Claire E. Williams

Claire Williams is a Ph.D. Candidate at UCLA studying theoretical astrophysics with advisor Smadar Naoz and the Supersonic Project collaboration. Her work focuses on cosmological hydrodynamics simulations that resolve the first epoch of galaxy formation in the Universe and can constrain galaxy...
Aneesha Avasthi

Monreal Lab, Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University

Aneesha Avasthi

I am looking for alternatives to xenon in detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay searches. I work on instrumentation and simulations and find detector building for particle detection to be super cool! Outside of physics, my interests range from outdoorsy activities like skydiving and small...
Abigail Rymer

Johns Hopkins University

Abigail Rymer

Abi Rymer is a space physicist with over 20-years experience studying the Outer Planets as part of the Cassini and Juno instrument teams. Originally from North-West England she followed a non-traditional route to academia including running a pub in Preston, Lancashire and Fine Fragrance Research....
Jane Huang

Columbia University

Jane Huang

Jane Huang studies how planets form through observations and modeling of the dust and molecules in the protoplanetary disks that orbit young stars. She is especially interested in observational signatures of planet-disk interactions, the chemical evolution of protoplanetary disks, and the influence...
Saavidra Perera

Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, San Diego

Saavidra Perera

My main research interests are in astronomical instrumentation: adaptive optics, wavefront sensing, direct imaging and interferometry. Instrumentation allowed me to combine my love of astronomy and the joy of working with my hands to create and build. I was born and raised in the United Kingdom and...
Kelly A Chipps

Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Kelly A Chipps

Dr. Kelly A. Chipps is a DOE Early Career Award winner and former Liane B. Russell Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is the lead of the Jet Experiments in Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics (JENSA) project, the highest-density gas jet target for radioactive ion beam studies in the...
Abha Vishwakarma

School of Physical Sciences,

Abha Vishwakarma

I am a final year Master's student, and I am currently research on Gravitational Waves from Neutron stars undergoing Common Envelope Evolution. I am generally interested in Cosmology and applications of General Relativity in Astrophysics, such as Gravitational Lensing. It is only recently that I...
Vicki Kuhn

University of Missouri

Vicki Kuhn

I am a graduate student at Mizzou. My research is in observational astronomy and I am currently looking for high redshift spiral galaxies. Outside of research, I enjoy running and hiking, especially with my dog Max!
Sasha N Campana

Department of Physics, Engineering, and Astrophysics, Randolph–Macon College

Sasha N Campana

I currently work as a data analyst not in the field of astronomy, but am working towards getting into a Ph.D. program in Astrophysics! I am super interested in dwarf galaxies and black hole-galaxy co-evolution. My hobbies include knitting, skateboarding, and crafting. Outreach for underrepresented...
Zuzanna Kocjan

Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park

Zuzanna Kocjan

As part of my PhD project, I am currently working on modelling the physics of interstellar medium using cosmological numerical simulations. My general interests are galaxy formation and evolution, studied using computational tools; I previously worked on gas accretion inside galaxies and its link...
Nicole Lloyd-Ronning

Computational Physics and Methods,

Nicole Lloyd-Ronning

 Nicole Lloyd-Ronning is an astrophysicist in the Computational Physics and Methods group at Los Alamos National Lab.  She models the multi-scale physics behind the bright, explosive deaths of very massive stars, the black holes they create, and uses these explosions as tools to learn about star...
Ou Zhang Labun

Physics, The University of Texas at Austin

Ou Zhang Labun

I am mostly interested in building phenomenology tools to connect the theoretical predictions with the experimental observables in high energy density physics.
Erin Cox

CIERA, Northwestern University

Erin Cox

I study the earliest phase of star and planet formation (i.e., Class 0 objects). I am interested in understanding the flow of material from the inner protostellar envelope onto the disk. I'm also interested in better understanding the formation pathways of binary star systems, and how this affects...
Chenyang Ji

Chenyang Ji

I am a graduate student matriculating in 2023 at Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. My research mainly focus on RV precision estimation of a under-design high-resolution spectrograph named CHORUS, which will be installed on GTC in 2027. My research insterest is planet...
Simona Mei

APC/IN2P3,

Simona Mei

Professor at Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Mary Holt

Planetarium,

Mary Holt

I don't currently do research, but I have a background in astrophysics and have worked in science museums and planetariums since 2011. I write live programs for planetarium presenters and also give shows on a weekly basis. I also host researchers and scientists to give lectures in our planetarium
Sheila Kannappan

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sheila Kannappan

My career has mixed diversity/equity/inclusion (DEI) and education/public outreach (EPO) work -- first through Teach For America 1991-1993, then at the department/university level as an astrophysicist -- with galaxy survey science since ~1997. I am excited about connecting large-scale structure to...
Karen D. Camarda

Physics and Astronomy Department,

Karen D. Camarda

As a professor at a PUI, I am not deeply involved in research at this time, but my interests are generally in the field of numerical relativity. In particular, I am interested in modeling sources of gravitational waves. I am also trying to learn more about neutron star perturbations and equations...

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