Graduate Student
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 second year graduate student working with Dr. Emily Rauscher. 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. Her current work combines high resolution spectroscopy and 3D General Circulation Models to constrain wind speeds and rotation rates of Hot Jupiters.