Magnetism in Massive Star Research Group
Our current team
Prof. Veronique Petit
Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware
Barnali Das
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Delaware
Ph. D. student, University of Delaware
Graduation expected for May 2023.
SPIRou observations of magnetic massive stars
Ph. D. student, University of Delaware
Graduation expected for May 2025.
Magnetic massive stars population models.
Ph. D. student, University of Delaware
Graduation expected for May 2027.
Classical Be stars
Current undergraduate research
Dax Moraes
Federico Villadiego-Ferraro
Marisol Catalan-Olais
Robin Moore
Alumni
Anna Miller 2023
M.Sc. Thesis: Detection of Population III stars
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware
CRESST II Postdoctoral Associate at Howard University working offsite at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Christiana Erba 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph. D. Thesis: Characterizing Massive Star Magnetospheres at Ultraviolet Wavelengths
Dr. Kyle Johnston 2019
Scientific Research/Analysis Manager at Prespecta.
PhD Thesis: Advanced Astroinformatics for Variable Star Classification.
Dr. Cori Fletcher 2018
Postdoctoral researcher in the Fermi team at Marshall Air Flight Center.
PhD Thesis: X-rays from Magnetic B-type Stars.
Data analyst at TrueMotion.
M.Sc. Thesis: Modeling the Field Topology of the Extremely Magnetic Star NGC 1624-2.
Dr, Trisha Doyle 2017
Programmer at Goddard Space Flight Center.
PhD Thesis: Testing the Wind-Shock Paradigm for B-type Star X-Ray Production with Theta Carinae
M.Sc. Thesis: Characterization of Cataclysmic Variables and White Dwarfs in the Kepler Field.
Undergraduate Alumni
Ray Fine
Pinar Selimoglu