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Michelle A. Berg, Ph.D.

Michelle A. Berg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

She/Her/Hers 817-257-4968 SWR 374

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Notre Dame, 2022
M.S. in Physics, University of Notre Dame, 2018
B.S. in Physics and Astronomy & Astrophysics, Florida Institute of Technology, 2014
 

Areas of Focus

I study galaxy evolution with a focus on the gas in and around galaxies in the interstellar medium, circumgalactic medium, and intergalactic medium. Using multi-wavelength spectroscopy, I investigate the quenching of star formation and how environment affects this process. 

“The Bimodal Absorption System Imaging Campaign (BASIC) I. A Dual Population of Low-metallicity Absorbers at z<1,” Berg, M.A., Lehner, N., Howk, J.C., O’Meara, J.M., Schaye, J., Straka, L.A., Cooksey, K.L., Tripp, T.M., Prochaska, J.X., Oppenheimer, B.D., Johnson, S.D., Muzahid, S., Bordoloi, R., Werk, J.K., Fox, A.J., Katz, N., Wendt, M., Peeples, M.S., Ribaudo, J., Tumlinson, J., The Astrophysical Journal, 944, 101 (2023)

“Project AMIGA: The Circumgalactic Medium of Andromeda,” Lehner, N., Berek, S.C., Howk, J.C., Wakker, B.P., Tumlinson, J., Jenkins, E.B., Prochaska, J.X., Augustin, R., Ji, S., Faucher-Giguère, C., Hafen, Z., Peeples, M.S., Barger, K.A., Berg, M.A., Bordoloi, R., Brown, T.M., Fox, A.J., Gilbert, K.M., Guhathakurta, P., Kalirai, J.S., Lockman, F.J., O’Meara, J.M., Pisano, D. J., Ribaudo, J., Werk, J.K., The Astrophysical Journal, 900, 9 (2020)

“The Red Dead Redemption Survey of Circumgalactic Gas About Massive Galaxies. I. Mass and Metallicity of the Cool Phase,” Berg, M.A., Howk, J.C., Lehner, N., Wotta, C.B., O’Meara, J.M., Bowen, D.V., Burchett, J.N., Peeples, M.S., Tejos, N., The Astrophysical Journal, 883, 5 (2019)

“Think Global, Act Local: The Influence of Environment Age and Host Mass on Type Ia Supernova Light Curves,” Rose, B.M., Garnavich, P.M., & Berg, M.A., The Astrophysical Journal, 874, 32 (2019)

American Astronomical Society

 

Last Updated: November 19, 2024

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