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Committees and Advising

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Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) The DGS has overall responsibility for administering the graduate program. The current DGS is John Kovac. Serving as an important connection between GSAS and academic programs, the DGS plays a critical role in helping...

Physics PhDs with Astronomy Advisors

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Year Student Advisor Thesis Title 2022 Jun Yin Finkbeiner Improving our view of the Universe using Machine Learning 2021 Kexin Yi Finkbeiner Neural Symbolic Machine Reasoning in the Physical World 2021 Tyler St. Germaine Kovac Beam Systematics and...

Thesis Topics

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2026 Victoria DiTomasso, "The Discovery of Three Nearby Planetary Systems, and a Population of Ancient Jovians Orbiting Stars in the Galactic Thick Disk" (May 4, 2026) Advisor: David Charbonneau Vedant Chandra, "Mapping the Uncharted Horizons of the Milky...

Astrophysics Advisors

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There are over 500 faculty, scientists and post-doctoral fellows at the Center for Astrophysics. Here is a list of the subset of senior researchers who are likely to advise graduate students on their research. For contact information, click on the name...

Eric Keto Prize

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The Eric R. Keto Prize for Graduate Students in Theoretical Astrophysics, endowed with a generous donation by ITC Senior Member Eric Keto, is awarded each year for the best thesis in theoretical astrophysics by a student at the CfA, as selected by the...

Astrophysics Undergraduate Senior Thesis Presentations

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Astrophysics Undergraduate Senior Thesis Presentations Friday, March 30th in Phillips Auditorium https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~dcharbon/astronomy99_poster_2012.pdf Session I: The Dynamics of Exoplanets and Galaxies 1:00-1:20 Constraining Local Group Dark...

Timeline 2025

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Timeline for various stages in the graduate program. What When Relevant people/committees Study Plan (first- and second-year students only) Review with advisor during the first week of fall term; due Friday the first week of classes to department Graduate...

Senior Thesis Presentations

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Monday, April 1, Phillips Auditorium, 11 am - 1 pm * 11:00 "Determining Dust Properties of Protoplanetary Disks in the Orion OB1b Association" Corinne Tu (advisor: Catherine Espaillat) 11:30 "Simulating the Interactions of G2 with the Accretion Disk of...

Junior Thesis Project Presentations

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This year we have 5 exciting presentations on a broad range of topics. Your participation is welcomed and encouraged, so please drop by to support our students and to learn about their research. Schedule of Presentations: 12:00-12:05pm Welcoming remarks...

Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

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The Astronomy Department congratulates the 2024 PhD students! Ana Maria Delgado defended her thesis on “Analyzing cosmological-hydrodynamical simulations in light of future optical surveys.” Her advisor was Lars Hernquist. Michael Foley defended his...

Physics Ph.D. Recipients with Astronomy Department Advisors (pdf)

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Harvard Students win Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Award!!

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The AAS announced the AAS 234 Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Award poster winners . A big congrats to graduate student Andrew Saydjari (advised by Doug Finkbeiner) for the work titled " Measuring the 8620 Å Diffuse Interstellar Band in Gaia DR3 RVS...