Two Astronomy graduate students, Lexi Gault and Brooke Kimsey-Miller have been awarded 2023 fellowships by the Indiana Space Grant Consortium (INSGC), funded by NASA. INSGC awards fellowships to students pursuing careers in science, mathematics, engineering and technology to support and enhance science and engineering education, research and public outreach efforts.
Lexi has just finished her second year of graduate school and has been awarded a Masters Fellowship in support of her research exploring the diffuse ionized gas kinematics and chemical evolution of nearby dwarf galaxies through the analysis and synthesis of optical spectra including data from the 3.5-meter WIYN telescope, HI 21 cm observations from the Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico, and archival HST data. Her goal is to further understanding of stellar feedback processes and the flow of metals in low-mass galaxies so that we can more broadly understand galaxy formation and evolution as a whole. Lexi is working with Professor Liese van Zee.
Brooke Kimsey-Miller, a rising fifth year student working with Professor John Salzer, is focusing on the metallicity evolution of emission line galaxies as part of the Star Formation Across Cosmic Time (SFACT) survey using the WIYN 3.5-m telescope. Brooke’s goal is to understand galaxy formation evolution from the relationships among galaxy compositions, densities, star formation rates and distances from a large sample of emission line galaxies.
Congratulations Lexi and Brooke! We’re delighted with your success and wish you productive fellowship years.
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