Trevor Dorn-Wallenstein

Intro

Education: Ph.D.: University of Washington (2021), B.A.: Wesleyan University (2015)

Research Interests: Massive stars, stellar populations, time domain studies

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About Me: I am a Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Carnegie Observatories. Previously, I received my Ph.D. in August, 2021 at the University of Washington. I am broadly interested in stars, and use a multitude of methods — from stellar population synthesis to machine learning — applied to novel datasets to study massive stars at the ends of their lives. On this site, you can learn more about my research, or see what I do outside of astronomy. If you'd like to reach out with a question, or want me to give a talk at your institution, please see my contact info.

Research

Massive stars represent the extremes of stellar evolution, and are the sites of key physical processes that shape the Universe. Their short lifetimes and intrinsic rarity make them a unique challenge to study. I use a mix of focused single-object studies, cutting-edge stellar population modelling, and techniques borrowed from Big Data to better understand these stellar behemoths.

I am currently working on a number of projects using data from the Gaia mission to characterize large samples of evolved massive stars.

From Dorn-Wallenstein et al. (2023, in press): Hertzprung-Russel Diagram, visualizing the distribution of thousands of cool supergiants whose properties are derived using machine learning. Through the use of kernel density estimation, we are able to identify "overdensities" in this space, which can be used to test stellar evolution

Community

Beyond research, I bake, play music, make coffee, and am the co-owner of the world's greatest dog, Pod. I also love giving outreach talks, and am the drummer for the all-astronomer rock band Night Lunch.

Contact

If you have any questions about my work, feel free to reach out. I am also available to speak at your institution, and am always happy to give public outreach talks.

Email:

tdorn-wallenstein@carnegiescience.edu

Address:

813 Santa Barbara Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

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