Amy Lien
Assistant ProfessorÌý
Office:ÌýGHS 637
Education and Training:
- 2005 National Central University (Taiwan), B.S. in Physics
- 2011 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Supernovae, Stellar evolution; with Professor Brian Fields
- 2013 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Postdoc in Time-domain astrophysics, gamma-ray bursts, early universe; with Dr. Neil Gehrels
Research Interests:
My research interests lie in understanding how the universe begins and evolves through the most energetic astrophysical explosions: gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), supernovae, merging neutron stars and black holes. My main research utilizes GRBs detected by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a multi-wavelength space telescope dedicated to studying GRBs and the transient sky. GRBs are seen from within our neighborhood of galaxies to the early universe when the rst stars were expected to form (Fig. 1). I use GRBs to explore the history of the universe, and study how nature can form these energetic bursts from either the collapse of massive stars or merging of compact objects like neutron stars and black holes.
Come talk to me if you are interested to learn more!
