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Author:

Gilbertson, Christian

Title:

Using Data-driven Methods to Find Planets Around Stars With Magnetic Activity

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Exoplanets
Astrobiology
Astrostatistics
Machine Learning
Gaussian Process
Open Source Software
Radial Velocity
Spectroscopy
Stellar Variability
Planet Detection
Telluric Variability
Astronomy
Astrophysics

File:

Download Christian_Gilbertson_Dissertation__5_.pdf

Committee Members:

Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Co-Chair of Committee
Eric Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Kasting, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robin Ciardullo, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nagaraj, Gautam

Title:

The Stellar, Gas, and Dust Properties of 0.5 < z < 3 Emission-Line Galaxies

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Galaxy evolution
Dust
SED Fitting
Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Robin Ciardullo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Radice, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donghui Jeong, Major Field Member
William Brandt, Major Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Gupta, Arvind

Title:

Harnessing the Potential of Radial Velocity Exoplanet Surveys

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

exoplanets
radial velocity
spectrograph
fisher information
oscillations
stellar variability
survey

File:

Download Arvind_Gupta_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Randy McEntaffer, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Ford, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bradford Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ian Czekala, Major Field Member

Author:

Huston, Macy

Title:

Needles in the Milky Way Haystack: Searching for Dim Stars, Distant Planets, and Extraterrestrial Technology

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
seti
technosignatures
stars
planets
brown dwarfs
microlensing

File:

Download Thesis__4_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ian Czekala, Major Field Member
Sarah Shandera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jason Wright, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member

Author:

Zawadzki, Brianna

Title:

Investigating Planet Formation Through Simulation, Observation, and Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

astronomy
protoplanetary disks
exoplanets
planet formation
machine learning
interferometry
imaging

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradford Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member
Robin Ciardullo, Program Head/Chair
Ian Czekala, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Ford, Major Field Member

Author:

Gurian, James

Title:

Cosmology Collapsed: Gravitational Runaway as a Window to the Grandest Scales

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Cosmology
Gravitational waves
Population III stars
Dark matter
Black holes

File:

Download thesis-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Ciardullo, Program Head/Chair
Kohta Murase, Outside Unit Member
Sarah Shandera, Outside Field Member
Joel Leja, Major Field Member
Chad Hanna, Outside Field Member
Donghui Jeong, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Safsten, Emily

Title:

Examining Correlations Between Planetary and Stellar Properties Using a Bayesian Framework

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Exoplanets
Bayesian Statistics
Planet formation
Planet evolution
Planet-star connections

File:

Download dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Ciardullo, Major Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
G. Jogesh Babu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jason Wright, Major Field Member
Eric Ford, Major Field Member