Graduate students Anika Goel, Brooke Kimsey-Miller, Dan Ornelas, Sarah Popp, and Tash Sandford, along with postdoctoral associate Xian-Yu Wang are attending the 243rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society in New Orleans this month.
Sarah Popp and Dan Ornelas are presenting their work on star clusters as part of the WIYN Open Cluster Study. Dan is reporting on “UBVRI Photometry of NGC 2204” and Sarah is reporting on “UBVRI Photometry of
NGC 2420 and NGC 2506.”
Brooke Kimsey-Miller explores the complex relationship between a galaxies local environment and its star formation activity in her poster “Exploring the Environments of SFAC Star-forming Galaxies.”We especially congratulate Brooke for receiving a FAMOUS travel award from the American Astronomical Society, as well as a Women In STEM travel award from the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences;
Sarah received travel support from the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences through a Graduate Student Travel Award and a Women in STEM Award. Well done!
Xian-Yu Wang is presenting his research “Violence or Quiescence? Probing Hot Jupiters’ Migration Theories Using Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations.” Xian-Yu’s work highlights the solitary nature of
most hot Jupiter systems, the alignment of hot Jupiters with nearby companion systems, and the transitional phase between isolated and misaligned hot Jupiters and aligned hot Jupiters in compact planetary
systems.
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