Katherine Kornei
I am a sixth-year graduate student in the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy working with Alice Shapley on high redshift galaxies and the stars and gas within such systems. We primarily use the Keck and Hubble Telescopes to collect our data. Before coming to UCLA, I was a undergraduate at Yale University working with Pieter van Dokkum. Here's my CV and a brief description of some of my recent research:
Galactic winds in a sample of z = 1 star-forming galaxies. Using HST imaging, near-UV spectroscopy, and UV-derived star-formation rates, we want to understand the properties of galaxies expelling material into the intergalactic medium. Kornei et al. 2012, submitted to ApJ
Tracing how stellar populations in Lyman Break Galaxies are correlated with the strength of the hydrogen line Lyα. Many authors have been looking at the connection between Lyman Break Galaxies and fainter Lyα-emitters; our work systematically investigates Lyα emission in a sample of objects drawn from the same parent UV luminosity distribution. Kornei et al. 2010, ApJ, 711, 693
Optical and near-IR observations of a local super star cluster (SSC). Representing the most massive end of clustered star formation, SSCs are often heavily enshrouded in their natal dust clouds. We calculated the mass of a cluster in the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 and found it be one of the massive SSCs known (~ 10 million solar masses). Kornei & McCrady 2009, ApJ, 697, 1180
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