I’m a graduate student working with the CfA Supernova Group at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.  My current research interests include:

1. • Statistical Models and Inference with Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) light curves
   

2. • Type Ia supernovae in the near infrared (NIR) as standard candles
   

3. • Hierarchical Models for Optical and NIR data of Type Ia SN including the effects of dust
   

4. • Cosmology with Supernovae
   

1. • Probabilistic (Bayesian) Inference with hierarchical / multi-level statistical models
   

2. • Computational algorithms for statistical inference (BayeSN)
   

3. • Statistical models, computation and inference for stochastic phenomena

PhD Student in Astronomy

Harvard University

kmandel AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

Selected Publications (full list on ADS)

Mandel, K., Wood-Vasey, W.M. Friedman, A., & Kirshner, R.P. 2009.

Type Ia Supernova Light Curve Inference: Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis in the Near Infrared.

The Astrophysical Journal, 704: 629-651. [ads]

Mandel, K. and Zaldarriaga, M. 2006.

Weak Gravitational Lensing of High-Redshift 21 cm Power Spectra.

The Astrophysical Journal, 647: 719-736. [ads]

Mandel, K. and Agol, E. 2002.

Analytic Light Curves for Planetary Transit Searches.

The Astrophysical Journal, 580: L171-L175. [ads]