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Allison Strom is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on galaxy formation and evolution using large-scale telescopic observations, particularly investigating baryonic processes such as accretion, stellar feedback, and outflows within dark matter halos. She holds a PhD from the California Institute of Technology (2017).
Her research interests include chemical evolution of galaxies through spectroscopy, physical properties of distant galaxies (star formation rates, gas masses, electron densities), and massive stellar populations’ contributions to galactic feedback. She uses rest-UV and rest-optical spectroscopy to trace galactic chemical abundances and ionization states.
Strom’s recent work emphasizes high-redshift galaxy studies, including circumgalactic medium dynamics, Lyα emission mechanisms, and ionizing radiation escape fractions. Her publications span observational surveys like CLASSY and KBSS-MOSFIRE, focusing on spectroscopic analysis and cosmological simulations.
- Awards:
- Packard Fellow (2024)
- Scialog Fellow (2024)
- Kavli Fellow (2024)
Her research integrates observational data with theoretical models, addressing questions about galactic chemical enrichment, stellar feedback effects, and the interplay between galaxies and their environments. She contributes to major projects like the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey and COS Legacy Archive Spectroscopic Survey.
