Professor Dr. Adina Feinstein

Biography

Adina D. Feinstein is currently an assistant professor at Michigan State University. She graduated from Tufts University in 2018 with a B.S. in Astrophysics and a minor in English. In 2019, she earned her M.S. in Physical Sciences from the University of Chicago and subsequently matriculated into the Ph.D. program. In 2023, she received her Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Following her doctorate, she was awarded a NASA Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship, where she spent time at the Laboratory for Atmospheric Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and conducted research at MSU. Her research interests center on observational astronomy, focusing on understanding the early evolution of young stellar planetary systems, particularly how stellar activity influences the development of exoplanet atmospheres. She utilizes a broad array of observational facilities, including NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, to conduct simultaneous multi-wavelength campaigns that shed light on unique systems.

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