Theron Carmichael

Theron Carmichael is an NSF MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellow affiliated with the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. His research focuses on transiting brown dwarfs and eclipsing low-mass stars from NASA’s TESS mission, and he co-chairs the Transiting Brown Dwarf working group under the TESS Follow-up Program. He earned his Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics from Harvard University in 2021.

• Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics (2021), Harvard University

Carmichael specializes in observational studies of brown dwarfs and low-mass stars, leveraging data from the TESS mission to characterize their masses, radii, and evolutionary patterns. His work emphasizes global collaboration to optimize follow-up observations of transiting and eclipsing systems.

Scientific recognition includes the NSF MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Beyond academia, he is an avid baker, runner, and enthusiast of building custom computers and keyboards. His personal blog, Cosmic Cookery, combines astronomy with baking and running.