ARCS Forward
Stargazers: A Galactic Conversation with Dr. Emily Levesque and ARCS Scholar Samantha Garza
Wednesday, January 29, at 2:00 PM ET/1:00 PM CT/12:00 PM MT/11:00 AM PT/9:00 AM HT
ARCS Forward events are personal and intimate conversations between members, current scholars, and other outstanding scientists in all STEM fields. These events are held virtually over Zoom.
Join us on January 29 for a galactic conversation between Honolulu ARCS Scholar Alumna and professor Dr. Emily Levesque and Seattle ARCS Scholar Samantha Garza. Dr. Levesque and Garza will discuss their research in astronomy and their shared connection to ARCS Foundation.
Dr. Emily Levesque is a professor at the University of Washington’s Astronomy Department. Her research program is focused on improving our overall understanding of how massive stars evolve and die. Dr. Levesque’s first popular science book, The Last Stargazers, shares the tales and experiences of astronomical observing. She has also written two academic books: a professional text on red supergiants and a graduate textbook on stellar interiors and evolution written with co-author Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers.
Dr. Levesque is the recipient of the 2020 Newton Lacy Pierce prize and the 2014 Annie Jump Cannon award from the American Astronomical Society. She is also a 2019 Cottrell Scholar and a 2017 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. From 2010 to 2015 Dr. Levesque was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She was an ARCS scholar at the University of Hawaii in 2010 where she earned her PhD in Astronomy, and she holds a S.B. in Physics from MIT.
Learn more about Dr. Levesque here.
Samantha "Sam" Garza is a PhD student at the University of Washington, studying astronomy. Sam uses tools like the Hubble Space Telescope and space data to investigate how a key part of galaxies plays a major role in shaping stars and possibly even supermassive black holes.
She received a bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Dallas. She is excited about attending graduate school at UW to further her education even though she is leaving Texas. Her research interests broadly include galaxies, more specifically, their evolution, formation, and environmental conditions. Sam’s past research experiences have included mapping the Milky Way arm structure, investigating the star formation efficiency of dense gas ratios, and deriving dust masses in nearby galaxies. She is passionate about being involved in public outreach for physics and astronomy, and after earning her PhD, she plans on pursuing a career as an observational research scientist as well as a science communicator.
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