Postdoctoral Scholars
Postdoctoral scholars and fellows conduct research in collaboration with faculty and graduate students, and participate in the activities and mission of the Astronomy program.
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Devontae Baxter
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and UC Chancellor's Fellow
Dr. Devontae Baxter is an observational astrophysicist that studies galaxy formation and evolution, with a particular focus on understanding the interplay between environment and galaxy properties - e.g. star formation rate, morphology, stellar ages.
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Michael Busch
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Michael Busch studies molecular astrophysics, galactic structure and interstellar medium science with an emphasis on radio astronomy, atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He currently uses the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), Very Large Array (VLA), SOFIA and the Parkes Radio Telescopes to observe atoms and molecules in our galaxy and nearby galaxies. -
Lukas Graf
N3AS Fellow
Dr. Lukas Graf is a N3AS Postdoctoral Fellow at UC San Diego and UC Berkeley. Dr Graf research concentrates on particle and astroparticle physics beyond the Standard Model.
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Anto Lonappan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Lonappan is a Postdoctoral Fellow at UC San Diego with research interests in gravitational lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), cosmic birefringence, CMB data analysis, and the application of machine learning in cosmology and astrophysics. He is an an active member of several scientific collaborations, including POLARBEAR, Simons Array, Simons Observatory, and LiteBIRD. -
Mansi Padave
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Mansi Padave is an observational astrophysicist studying star formation and galaxy evolution. Her research involves investigating connections between star formation and interstellar medium in different environments, with a particular focus on the low-density outer regions of nearby galaxies.
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Saavidra Perera
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Saavidra Perera is an instrumentalist working on the adaptive optics system for the Gemini Planet Imager upgrade, and develops atmospheric profiling techniques for astronomical observing sites. Her observational interests include using Doppler imaging techniques to map magnetically active M dwarfs.
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Sean Pike
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Sean Pike studies semiconductor detectors for high-energy astrophysics missions such as the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), and he uses X-ray observatories like the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) to investigate accreting neutron stars and black holes.
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Anna Suliga
N3AS Fellow
Dr. Anna Suliga is a N3AS Postdoctoral Fellow at UC San Diego and UC Berkeley. Dr. Suliga's research interests are in particle astrophysics, stellar evolution, dark matter and detectability of low energy neutrino fluxes.