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Short
Biography
 Alicia Soderberg |
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Short
Biography
Alicia Soderberg |
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 Palomar 200-inch Telescope |
I am a fifth year astronomy
PhD student California Institute of
Technology working with advisor, Shri Kulkarni.
My thesis focuses on understanding cosmic explosions with special
attention to gamma-ray bursts and stripped core supernovae. This
effort combines data from all frequencies, 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 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. |