Inaugural Sullivan Prize Fellow
(he/him/his)
Ph.D. in Physics
University of California San Diego
2023
Dr. Choban is interested in interstellar dust, its life cycle and evolution within galaxies, and its effects on and interactions with the interstellar medium. To this end, Dr. Choban develops dust evolution models integrated into cosmological zoom-in simulations as part of the Feedback in Realistic Environments (FIRE) project and compares their results with indirect and direct dust observations.
Dr. Choban grew up in the small town of Templeton in central California. He completed a B.Sc. in physics w/ specialization in astrophysics at UC San Diego in 2016, working with Prof. Adam Burgasser to develop the SPLAT analysis toolkit. He received a Ph.D. in physics at UC San Diego in August 2023, working with Prof. Dušan Kereš and collaborating with Prof. Karin Sandstrom. He then joined the Astronomy Department at IU Bloomington in October 2023 as an Inaugural Sullivan Prize Fellow.
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