Congratulations to Dr. Nicha Leethochawalit and Mia de los Reyes! Nicha received her PhD, and Mia received her MS, at Caltech’s commencement ceremony on June 14, 2019. It is a bittersweet moment for our group because Nicha will be leaving us, but she is sure to make a splash in the world. Her next adventure will be at the University of Melbourne working with Dr. Michele Trenti on the evolution…
Read MoreIvanna Escala is the 2019 Tombrello Scholar
Congratulations to Ivanna Escala for receiving the Thomas Tombrello Scholarship as part of the France Córdova Graduate Student Fund! The fund provides money for research-related expenses. Ivanna plans to use the money to travel to conferences to present her work on the chemical evolution of stellar systems in and around the Andromeda galaxy. As a side note, France Córdova was Caltech’s commencement speaker on June 14, 2019. Dr. Córdova is…
Read MoreHigh school summer research opportunities
Application The Caltech Summer Research Connection and Evan Kirby, assistant professor of astronomy, are excited to offer research opportunities this summer! Professor Kirby uses stellar spectroscopy to measure the elemental compositions of stars, and he uses those measurements to infer which types of stars existed long ago and how quickly those stars were forming and dying. His favorite type of galaxy is a dwarf galaxy. Dwarf galaxies are near enough…
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