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

Shaquann Seadrow 

Ph. D. student, University of Delaware

Graduation expected for May 2023.

SPIRou observations of magnetic massive stars

Victor Ramirez Delgado

Ph. D. student, University of Delaware

Graduation expected for May 2025.

Magnetic massive stars population models.

Patrick Stanley

Ph. D. student, University of Delaware

Graduation expected for May 2027.

Classical Be stars

Tali Natan

Ph. D. student, University of Delaware

Graduation expected for May 2027.


Current undergraduate research

Alumni

Anna Miller 2023

M.Sc. Thesis: Detection of Population III stars

Christopher Russell

 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware

Dr. Alexandre David-Uraz

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.

Rebecca MacInnis, M.Sc 2018

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