معرفی
Sabrina Stierwalt is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Occidental College, appointed in 2019, specializing in extragalactic astrophysics to study galaxy formation and cosmic origins through observations of interacting galaxies.
Her educational background includes a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.
Dr. Stierwalt's research centers on galaxy mergers, extragalactic star formation, and dwarf galaxies as building blocks of larger systems like the Milky Way. She utilizes multi-wavelength data from space-based telescopes (Hubble, Spitzer, XMM-Newton) and ground-based facilities (ALMA, VLA, Magellan) to analyze gas dynamics and star formation physics in colliding galaxies.
She actively promotes science accessibility through her weekly podcast "Everyday Einstein" (30,000-50,000 downloads per episode) and community outreach via an inflatable planetarium program targeting underrepresented STEM groups in Los Angeles.
Dr. Stierwalt mentors students through NSF-funded observing trips to telescopes in Arizona, Hawaii, and Chile, and teaches Astrophysics, Modern Physics, introductory Astronomy, and a first-year cosmology writing seminar titled "The Birth of the Universe," emphasizing creative problem-solving within observational constraints.
