- Associate Professor of Astrophysics, University of Portsmouth
I am an associate professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, an honorary associate professor at University College London (UCL), and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. I study different types of transients – astrophysical phenomena that change on human timescales. I mostly work on supernovae (the explosions of stars) and tidal disurption events (bright flares caused by stars being shredded by supermassive black holes). My books include [Supernova](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543149/supernova/) and [Galaxies](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548755/galaxies/)._
Experience
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2013–presentResearch associate, American Museum of Natural History
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2022–presentAssociate professor, University of Portsmouth
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2020–2022Senior lecturer, University of Portsmouth
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2016–2020Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
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2014–2016Postdoctoral research associate, New York University
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2013–2014Postdoctoral research associate, Johns Hopkins University
Education
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2013Tel Aviv University, PhD in Physics and Astronomy
Publications
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2024Galaxies, MIT Press
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2022Supernova, MIT Press
Professional Memberships
- Royal Astronomical Society
- American Astronomical Society
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