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> Mae Jemison
about me.
I’m a first-year Ph.D. student in Astronomy & Astrophysics and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Arizona, where I work with Carl Fields to model the life, evolution, and death of massive stars using a variety of astrophysics codes, including MESA and phoebus.
In addition, I currently research the structure of stellar interiors with Jane Pratt as a GEM Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and am working on extending the physics of the 2D open-source code ESTER. I also research the hydrodynamics, nucleosynthesis, and observables of core-collapse supernovae in 1D with Carla Fröhlich at my undergraduate alma mater, North Carolina State University. Generally, I enjoy using computational methods to explore the border between theory, experiment, and observation!
When I’m not writing code, you can find me working on a variety of science communication, mentorship, and outreach projects. I serve as the incoming Student Representative for the National Society of Black Physicists and am also the Student Editorial Lead of Waves & Packets, NSBP’s newsletter.
>> Check out the inagural edition of W&P here!
If you’re a student getting ready to tackle an application cycle for graduate programs or research internships, you can also find useful resources that I’ve compiled from my own journey!
get in touch.
Interested in collaborating, brainstorming, or chatting about science? Send me an email at lawhite [at] arizona [dot] edu or connect with me on linkedin.
If you want a more detailed description of my professional experiences, please see my CV.