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Morgan MacLeod is a theoretical computational astrophysicist whose research interests focus on interactive moments in stellar lifetimes. Morgan's research employs a range of techniques to model the appearances of stellar mergers, collisions, explosions, and planet-swallowing episodes, contributing to the understanding of astronomical transients. Morgan received a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2016, and a BA in Physics and Astronomy from Bowdoin College in 2010. Previously, Morgan was a fellow at the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, a NASA Einstein Fellow, and a Clay Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Morgan's research interests include stellar evolution, binary and multiple systems, interactions, mergers, collisions, star--planet interactions, common envelope phases, and the assembly of compact, gravitational-wave emitting binaries, with a particular focus on the appearances of events in the transient sky.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).