RESEARCH INTERESTS: late-stage stellar evolution, pulsating stars, variable stars, supergiants, post-AGB, Type II Cepheids, RV Tauri, circumstellar dust, circumbinary disks, flare stars, M dwarf stars, X-ray/ultraviolet astronomy

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. – Astrophysics (March 2021) – Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Advisor: Keivan Stassun, Research Mentor: Rodolfo Montez Jr., NASA Advisor: Padi Boyd

M.A. – Physics (May 2017) – Fisk University, Nashville, TN, Advisor: Keivan Stassun, Research Mentor: Rodolfo Montez Jr., NASA Advisor: Padi Boyd

B.S. – Physics (December 2013) – The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, Advisor: Eric Schlegel

OUTREACH:

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory – Astronomy Chat

CURRICULUM VITAE @ fisk-vanderbilt-bridge.org/laura-vega