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Ragnhild Lunnan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University. She began her current position in 2023 after receiving an ERC starting grant for her project 'TransPIre'. Lunnan previously held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship at the Oskar Klein Centre, focusing on superluminous supernovae, a rare class of transient astronomical events. She completed her PhD in 2015, supervised by Prof. Edo Berger, where her thesis work centered on the properties of environments surrounding superluminous supernovae within the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. Additionally, she completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University, majoring in Astrophysical Sciences with a certificate in Applied Computational Mathematics. Lunnan's research interests include unusual transients, massive star evolution, and the environmental factors surrounding supernovae. She actively engages in teaching and mentoring students interested in degree projects related to her field. Her current work involves utilizing telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based facilities to study the breadth of supernova populations, contributing to a deeper understanding of stellar evolution and the dynamics of black hole formation.
Stockholm University • Stockholm
Teaching undergraduate courses and supervising research in astronomy.
Oskar Klein Centre • Stockholm
Conducted research on superluminous supernovae.
Oskar Klein Centre • Stockholm
Worked on observational studies of astronomical phenomena.
Includes Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Sustainable Chemistry.