Caprice Phillips

About Me

I am a finishing graduate student at The Ohio State University working with Professor Ji Wang on retrievals and atmospheric characterization of intermediate-mass brown dwarfs and directly imaged exoplanets with ground-based data. I was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow (Temporary Research Analyst) at the Flatiron Institute at the Center for Computational Astrophysics . Currently, I am working with Megan Bedell on stellar spectroscopy analysis of FGK host stars of brown dwarfs. Alongside this, I work with Dr. Jackie Faherty on retrievals of planetary-mass objects and brown dwarfs to understand their formation pathways. I am a former fellow in the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program. I received my M.A. in Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019 and my B.S. in Physics with a minor in mathematics from The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) in 2015.

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Research

Broadly, I am interested in brown dwarf and exoplanet atmospheric characterization. My main research goals are to explore the atmospheric composition, formation pathways and mechanisms of directly imaged exoplanets and brown dwarfs via observational and computational techniques. Additionally, I study the abundances of solar-like stars with substellar companions to compliment and anchor retrieval analysis.

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Outreach

Educational equity and the mentoring and retainment of Black and other traditionally marginalized and underpresented groups in astronomy are issues that I am deeply passionate about. Check out this content to learn more about my outreach and education efforts.

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Black In Astro

Black In Astro is a grassroots organization dedicated to the celebration and amplification of Black scientists, engineers and educators in space-related fields. I am currently the vice-president of Black In Astro and work with the Black In Astro leadership team to implement programming currently sponsored by a Heising-Simons grant (where I am a co-I). Check out this content to learn about our efforts and initiatives!

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Caprice Phillips