Student Spotlight: Sophia Gad-Nasr

Sophia Gad-Nasr is a 6th year Ph.D. student studying cosmology and astroparticle physics. Sophia was recently awarded the Zuckerman Postdoctoral Fellowship, and will be doing a postdoc at Technion in Israel. She is an avid science communicator, teaching thousands of people about the Universe. Throughout her academic career, she has been dedicated to outreach from…Continue Reading Student Spotlight: Sophia Gad-Nasr

Student Spotlight: Maya Silverman

Maya Silverman is a 4th year graduate student studying theoretical astro-particle physics. She plays an integral role in Rising Stargirls, which is an astronomy and astrobiology outreach program for middle-school girls from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Maya worked as the program coordinator for the Rising Stargirls workshop over the summer, and will be…Continue Reading Student Spotlight: Maya Silverman