Fourth-year Ph.D. student Galen Bergsten was selected for a six-month Visiting Graduate Fellowship at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) on the campus of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He will be working with Dr. David Ciardi on a project using high-resolution imaging data to understand the effects of stellar binarity on the frequency of small planets orbiting low mass stars.

The fellowship program was established to provide doctoral students with applied research experience with leaders in research areas such as exoplanets and stellar formation. The program hosts between two and four students per year. Galen begins his fellowship in February 2024.