Graduate Student
she/her/hers
hbeltz@umich.edu
Office Information:
University of Michigan
Department of Astronomy
1085 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Astronomy;
Stars & Exoplanets;
Computational Astrophysics
About
Hayley Beltz is a 5th year graduate student working with Dr. Emily Rauscher. Her work involves using 3D atmospheric models to predict the atmospheres of hot gas giant exoplanets. She's especially interested in how magnetic effects shape the atmospheres of these planets and how these effects could show up in observations. She is also on the leadership team for the department's Anti-Racism Reading and Media Discussion Group and cares deeply about making astronomy more inclusive and accessible to all.
She graduated summa cum laude with honors in Physics and Mathematics from Kalamazoo College. Previously, she has done work on ranking analysis and clustering methods of the US Patent Network. Her undergrad astronomy work invloved high-redshift quasar absorption line spectrscocopy for which she received the 2018 Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Award at the 231st meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
