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Chelsea Sharon
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
ABB Room 349
Hamilton, ON L8S-4M1
Canada
More about Chelsea
I am the William & Caroline Herschel Postdoctoral Fellow in the
Department of Physics & Astronomy
at McMaster University. I study galaxy
evolution with a focus on the molecular gas that fuels star formation in the
peak epoch of galaxy growth (z~2-3, or about 10 billion years ago). You can
read some press about my work and the fellowship
here.
The bulk of my observations have been made with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array,
but I also use ALMA and a number of other interferometers. You can usually
find me in my office puzzling at my computer, which is located on the third
floor of ABB (A.N. Bourns Science Building).
Previously, I was a research associate (the local term for a postdoc) in the
Department of Astronomy at
Cornell University working with
Dr. Dominik Riechers.
I did my graduate work at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Dr. Andrew J. Baker
advised me on my thesis work, and I really enjoyed my time with the
Rutgers Astronomy Group.
Previously, I was at Caltech
for my undergrad, and grew up attending Bear River High School
in the small town of Grass Valley, California.
When I manage to find free time, I've been known to read, sew, play the drums,
and paint (often pieces inspired by trips to telescopes or recent seminars, see left).
In high school and college I played water polo,
and I recently joined a local club team, the Toronto Triggerfish.
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Feel free to contact me using any of the methods below. If you're in the neighborhood, you can always pop by my office in ABB 349, but you may want to check my calendar (above) first.