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Cristina Mantilla Suarez

I am an experimental particle physicist, born and raised in Quito, Ecuador. I received my Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at Fermilab working with data from the Large Hadron Collider. For the past three years, I have also been exploring the usage of low...

Samantha Hasler

Samantha is a Ph.D. candidate at MIT working with Prof. Kerri Cahoy and Prof. Julien de Wit on both exoplanet and solar system science. Her current work is focused on developing analysis tools for future direct imaging missions that will observe planets in reflected light. She has also developed a...

Prajkta Mane

I am a cosmochemist, isotope geochemist, and a planetary scientist. My research focuses on the study of chemical, microstructural, and isotopic characteristics of meteorites and astromaterials. One of my highest aspirations is to work on pioneering methods, which significantly advance our knowledge...

Sanchayeeta Borthakur

Aida Behmard

I am a Planetary Science graduate student at Caltech, where I use primarily observational tools to investigate the intersection of planet formation and galactic archaeology. I'm also passionate about science outreach, and volunteer as a K-2nd grade science teacher at underserved Pasadena, CA public...

Tanvi Wamorkar

Hello! I am an experimental particle physicist and a postdoctoral research associate at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). My work is focused on the ATLAS experiment at CERN. My primary research interest is searching for physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). I’m especially interested in...

Kristin Block

I work for the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Lab as a specialist in spacecraft operations, connecting science, engineering, and implementation. I currently serve as Systems/Principal Science Operations Engineer for HiRISE, the high-resolution imaging payload onboard NASA Mars...

Nina Hernitschek

Nina Hernitschek got her PhD from the International Max-Planck Research School (Heidelberg University) with her thesis on "Astrophysical Modeling of Time Domain Surveys" (thesis advisor: Hans-Walter Rix). After her first postdoc position at Caltech, since fall 2019, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow at...

Marissa Beatrice Photini Adams

I'm interested in verification and validation techniques as applied to fusion and laboratory astrophysics experiments using computational methods, primarily magnetohydrodynamic codes.

Rebecca A Phillipson

I am currently an NSF MPS-Ascend postdoctoral fellow at Villanova University. My primary interests are in the timing variability of accreting black holes and neutron stars using data from instruments onboard satellites such as the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, Swift, MAXI, Kepler, and TESS. I am...

Malena Rice

Malena Rice is a 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Kavli Institute and an incoming Assistant Professor in the Yale Astronomy Department. Her research probes the formation and evolution of planetary systems, and she works on a range of related topics including hot Jupiter formation, stellar...

Sarah Blunt

I'm primarily working in two research areas: 1) the orbits (and particularly eccentricities) of giant exoplanets, and 2) stellar variability and its implications for our understanding of young planetary systems. My interests also include high-resolution spectroscopy, searching for reflected-light...

Krista Lynne Smith

I am an observational astrophysicist studying the behavior of energy and matter around supermassive black holes, the formation and physics of jets ejected by black holes, and the effect of active galactic nuclei on star formation and galaxy evolution. I use a wide range of instruments, on the...

Amy Steele

Motivated to discover the true compositions of circumstellar material (planets, debris disks, etc.) and using observations and modeling of white dwarf stars polluted by remnant circumstellar material to do it.

Dawn M Gelino

Dr. Dawn Gelino is the Deputy Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute located at Caltech. She is also a lead for the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) and for NASA's Nexus for Exoplanetary System Science (NExSS) research coordination network.  Dawn serves as the NASA Keck Operations...

Alice Jacques

I am a data analyst at NOIRLab’s Astro Data Lab. I work on adding new datasets to our database and am currently developing a spectroscopic analysis tool called SPARCL.

Nicole Marie Rider

Hi, I’m Nikki! I am a Physics PhD student at the University of North Carolina. My research focus is computational hydrodynamics in astrophysics. I use Athena++, a C++ based magnetohydrodynamic code, to produce numerical simulations of the formation of hydrogen clouds in the Milky Way.

Sabrina Stierwalt

I am an observational astrophysicist who researches the internal and environmental processes driving star formation in nearby galaxies. I use multi-wavelength observations from the X-ray to the radio to understand how gas is converted into stars, particularly in the low metallicity environments of...

Ellie Lincoln

I'm a grad student at GSU with a focus on experimental observations and software development for speckle imaging. My current research uses various speckle imaging techniques to directly image high-order multiple star systems to look for previously unresolved companions, since improvements to...

Jessica Agnos

Jessica is a Master of Science candidate in Astrophysics at San Francisco State University (SFSU), studying under Dr. Charli Sakari of the R-Process Alliance. Jessica is analyzing the spectrum of Milky Way halo stars to determine their chemical composition, with the ultimate goal of...

Cyprus Van Inwegen

I am the Advancement Communications Specialist for NRAO, and I love sharing astronomy with the public. My focus right now is developing a new visitor communications plan for the Very Large Array in New Mexico to maximize public engagement and build a community around our visitors to help support...

Katherine Follette

I am an observational astronomer working to understand the physics of planet formation and growth. I use ground and space-based high-contrast imaging techniques to find and characterize young (proto)planets and brown dwarfs. This involves both studying them directly, and observing them indirectly...

Caprice Phillips

I am a PhD Candidate at The Ohio State University. I am interested in brown dwarf and exoplanet atmosphere characterization. My main research goals are to explore planetary formation through atmospheric retrievals of brown dwarfs and directly imaged exoplanets. Along with this, I am interested in...

Jordan Ealy

As a graduate student at UMD, I work on studying the Star-Planet connection. My current project is focused on characterizing the stellar activity for low-mass stars and how it varies with age. My other interests include learning how other people learn, science communication, yarn crafts, and...