We create detailed simulations of galaxies like the Milky Way and its neighbors and utilize large volume cosmological simulations in order to understand the nature of dark matter and the physics of galaxy evolution.

Gurtina Besla

phonetic spelling:    Gur-TEE-nah  Behss-LAH

pronouns:  she/her

Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona

gbesla@arizona.edu

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Current Graduate STudents

haydenfoote@arizona.edu

himansh@arizona.edu

Past Graduate Students

katiechambe@arizona.edu

Hubble Fellow at the University of Utah

Miller Fellow at UC Berkeley

Astrobites Feature for Women's History Month (2022)

Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen

Space with Sarah

Data Scientist at Stripe

PAST Undergraduate Students

Binh Nguyen

binhnguyen@email.arizona.edu

pronouns: they/them

Graduate Student at UW

Former Astronomy Major at UArizona

Science Communication Articles in Vietnamese

Social Media Manager at LabPair

davidsetton@pitt.edu

Brinson Prize Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton

Graduate Student at U Pitt

Former Astronomy Major at UArizona

Past Postdoctoral FellowS

Faculty at Kyung-Hee University

Assistant Astronomer at NOIRLab

Computer Vision Scientist at CIBO Technologies

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