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Short
Biography
 Alicia Soderberg |
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Short
Biography
Alicia Soderberg |
 Harvard CfA |
I am currently a Hubble
postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astronphysics .
With access to the Magellan
Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory,
in addition to leading several PI programs at the Very Large Array and Gemini Telescopes, I use
multi-wavelength observations to constrain the properties of the local
and large-scale environments around exploding and/or errupting
stars. In particular, these observations can shed light on
the progenitors of supernovae, including Type Ia SNe which are famous
for their use as cosmological candles. Moreover, through these
observations I aim to constrain the nature of nearby X-ray transients. |
 Palomar 200-inch Telescope |
I received my
PhD in Astrophysics in 2007 from the California
Institute of
Technology working with advisor, Shri Kulkarni.
My thesis focused on understanding cosmic explosions with special
attention to gamma-ray bursts and stripped core supernovae. This
effort combined data from all wavelengths, with an emphasis on
observations from the Very Large
Array radio facility in New Mexico and Palomar
Observatory. |
 Center for Mathematical Sciences, U. of Cambridge |
Before arriving at Caltech, I received an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Cambridge in England in 2001 where I studied Part III of the Mathematical Tripos. While there, I was a member of Churchill College and spent my spare time studying gamma-ray bursts at the Institute of Astronomy. |
 Bates College, Chase Hall |
In 2000 I received a B.S. (Physics, Math double major) from Bates College in Maine. As a small liberal arts college, Bates does not have a large Astronomy program, so I spent a significant fraction of my undergraduate years studying elsewhere. I spent summers at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA (1997) , Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, AZ (1998), Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, CHILE (1999), Arecibo Radio Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico (1999), and Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM (2000). I also spent a semester (Spring 1998) at Harvard University studying Physics through the Visiting Undergraduate Student program. |
 Woods Hole, Cape Cod |
I was fortunate to grow up on Cape Cod in the town of Falmouth, Massachussetts. I spent my summers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute researching the water pollution affecting the Cape's coastal ponds. |