What are our current graduate students working on, and what do they most value about their experience at Michigan Astronomy? We've asked some students to share their stories. For a complete list of our graduate students and a description of their research, please see our Graduate Student page in the People section.
Tyler Gardner
Exoplanets
Advisor: John Monnier
Tyler’s research focuses on using interferometry data to search for exoplanets in binary systems.
Kate Napier
Black holes and active galactic nuclei
Advisor: Elena Gallo
Kate's interests in astrophysics are primarily focused on high energy areas like black holes and active galactic nuclei, but there are a lot of things that interest her.
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Vivienne Baldassare
Supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies
Advisor: Elena Gallo
Vivienne is studying supermassive black holes at the centers of dwarf galaxies. She uses data from the Magellan telescopes to search for signatures of black holes consuming material at a vigorous rate .
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Traci Johnson
Strong Lensing in galaxy clusters
Advisor: Keren Sharon
Traci models strong gravitational lensing in galaxy clusters, the most massive structures in the universe and natural telescopes to the distant universe.
Erin May
Small gas planets
Advisor: Emily Rauscher
As part of her research, Erin has used the Magellan telescopes to study the composition of the atmospheres of small gas planets.
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Juliette Becker
Exoplanet Dynamics
Advisor: Fred Adams
Juliette and colleagues recently discovered a hot Jupiter system with two close-in planetary companions using data from the Kepler space telescope.
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Bryan Terrazas
Galaxy Evolution
Advisor: Eric Bell
Bryan is studying the evolution of galaxies with stellar masses similar to that of the Milky Way by comparing and analyzing computational simulations and observations.
