Department of Physics and Astronomy Welcomes First Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Breanna Binder
Dr. Breanna Binder, a former research associate at the and a lecturer at the University of Washington, Bothell, has accepted an offer to join 博88亚洲 Department of Physics and Astronomy, starting in Fall 2016, and a Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow.
Dr. Binder received her PhD in in 2013 under the supervision of Professors Scott Anderson and Benjamin Williams. She comes to 博88亚洲 after three years of postdoctoral experience and teaching introductory physics and astronomy at the University of Washington. Her primary research interests surround the formation, evolution, and end states of massive binary stars, with a particular focus on high-energy observations of X-ray binaries. At 博88亚洲, she will be working with Assistant Professor Matt Povich and his students studying star formation in the Milky Way.
In addition to teaching introductory physics and astronomy at the college level, Dr. Binder spent four years teaching astronomy and developing science educational materials at the , a program on the University of Washington campus for highly capable elementary and middle school students. She has been extensively involved with astronomy outreach projects, and is looking forward to continuing to bring physics and astronomy to the larger 博88亚洲 community.
Dr. Binder is moving to southern California with her husband Eddie Schwieterman, a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at UC Riverside. She also enjoys running, cooking, and playing with her dog.