Michelle Creech-Eakman

Michelle Creech-Eakman is a Professor in the Department of Physics at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, where she has taught courses like Physics 121, 112, 333, 334, 501/2, 545, 562, and 589. She serves as a Project Scientist for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI), a cutting-edge facility for optical/infrared interferometry.

• Research Areas:
  • Optical and IR Interferometry (MROI, Keck Interferometer, PTI)
  • Exoplanet Spectroscopy with NESSI
  • AGB Stars
  • L/T-type Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets
  • Young Stellar Objects
  • Infrared Satellite Data Analysis

Student Advising: She has mentored multiple M.S. and Ph.D. students, including Dana Baylis-Aguirre, Megan Hein, and Johnathan Dooley (ongoing), with former advisees now in academic, industrial, and research roles.

Collaborations: She works with institutions like Cambridge University, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Caltech on projects involving optical interferometry, infrared instrumentation, and astrophysical phenomena.