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Zahra Essack

Zahra Essack is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. (2023) in Planetary Sciences from MIT, where she used a combination of telescope observations, laboratory experiments, and modeling to understand the surfaces, atmospheres, and formation of short-period...

Elisabeth Krause

I am a (mostly) observational cosmologist and my work focuses on the modeling and inference program for theoretical interpretation of data large cosmological surveys. I am currently involved in the Dark Energy Survey, the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time, the SPHEREx mission,...

Minh Ngoc Le

I am working on my master project about primordial globula clusters formation, which was first introduced by Peeble (1984). They proposed a process that GC can be formed inside their own dark matter(DM) halos. To study that, we use the extended Press-Schechter method (with the code from Parkinson...

Sarah Loebman

My primary research interests are in galaxy evolution, clustered star formation, and chemo-dynamics in the Local Universe. I use high resolution galaxy simulations, survey data, and Big Data tools and techniques to conduct my research. I am also a devoted teacher and student advocate, and I am...

Angela Karen Speck

My research is centered on the nature and impact of stardust. This includes using infrared observations as well as laboratory astronomy to determine astromineralogy as well as simulations and modeling of dusty stellar systems. I am also an expert on solar eclipses, and have worked in the area of...

Elizabeth Tilly

I am a graduate student working on developing a low pressure gas time projection chamber which utilizes negative ion gases to improve timing and spatial resolution for use in low energy particle physics. Our group hopes to eventually use it to characterize the migdal effect with the MIGDAL...

Jessica Eskew

I am a first year Ph.D. student at Auburn University studying plasma physics, specifically energetic particle transport in magnetized plasma. I am originally from Atlanta, GA and completed my B.S. in Physics with a concentration on Astrophysics at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  I taught...

Amy Smock

I am a graduate student studying the galactic dynamics of disk galaxies. I create simulations to inform theories of spiral arm  evolution, which I then compare with observational data. I am also interested in galactic bar evolution, chaotic dynamical systems, and coding hybrid tracer particle and...

Alison Peck

I work primarily on astronomical instrumentation, with a background in radio astronomy.  My research involves supermassive black holes and their environments.  I have almost 20 years of experience in observatory operations and management, and now serve as a Program Director at the NSF.  In my...

Tania Anderson

Tania Anderson has been part of Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) for over 24 years. Tania manages the pipeline development program, which involves outreach, training, and career development through internships aimed at K-12, undergraduate and graduate level students, early career...

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.