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Tjitske Starkenburg, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Center for Computational Astrophysics

Bio

Tjitske Starkenburg joined the foundation in September 2016 as a research fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics. She works on the evolution and dynamics of small galaxies and interacting galaxies. She earned bachelor’s degrees in astronomy and mathematics and a Ph.D. in astronomy at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Publications

Prospects for Detecting Gaps in Globular Cluster Stellar Streams in External Galaxies with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

The Astrophysical Journal, arxiv:2305.12045, February 2024

Christian Aganze, Sarah Pearson, Tjitske Starkenburg, Gabriella Contardo, et al.

The In Situ Origins of Dwarf Stellar Outskirts in FIRE-2

The Astrophysical Journal, June 6, 2022

E. Kado-Fong, Robyn Sanderson, J. E. Greene, Emily Cunningham, C. Wheeler, T. K. Chan, et al.

The Hough Stream Spotter: A New Method for Detecting Linear Structure in Resolved Stars and Application to the Stellar Halo of M31

The Astrophysical Journal, February 22, 2022

Sarah Pearson, S. E. Clark, A. J. Demirjian, Kathryn Johnston, Melissa Ness, Tjitske Starkenburg, et al.

Multiple retrograde substructures in the Galactic halo: A shattered view of Galactic history

arXiv:1909.08924, September 19, 2019

H.H. Koppelman, A. Helmi, D. Massari, Adrian Price-Whelan, and Tjitske Starkenburg

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