Dr. Renee Ludlam, Assistant Professor
Dr. Renee Ludlam, Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2023 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize winner awarded by the American Astronomical Society
NASA Hubble Fellowship Program- Einstein Fellow, Caltech (2019-2022)
PhD, University of Michigan (2019)
E-mail: renee.ludlam[at]wayne[dot]edu
About:
About:
I am an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. I am interested in studying the phenomena associated with the most extreme objects in the Universe: black holes and neutron stars. I have studied black holes across the mass scales (supermassive to stellar mass) prior to pivoting towards investigating the matter that exists in an ultra-dense, cold state within neutron stars.
I am an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. I am interested in studying the phenomena associated with the most extreme objects in the Universe: black holes and neutron stars. I have studied black holes across the mass scales (supermassive to stellar mass) prior to pivoting towards investigating the matter that exists in an ultra-dense, cold state within neutron stars.
Teaching:
Teaching:
Fall 2022 - AST 5010/PHY 5010: Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy
Fall 2022 - AST 5010/PHY 5010: Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy
Fall 2023 - AST 2030: Life in the Universe
Fall 2023 - AST 2030: Life in the Universe
Winter 2024 - AST 4100: Astronomical Techniques
Winter 2024 - AST 4100: Astronomical Techniques
Current Group Members:
Current Group Members:
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Dr. Malu Sudha
Dr. Malu Sudha
Graduate Students:
Graduate Students:
Songwei Li
Songwei Li
Hayden Hall
Hayden Hall
David Moutard (graduated 2024; now a postdoc at UofM)
David Moutard (graduated 2024; now a postdoc at UofM)
Undergraduate Students:
Undergraduate Students:
Dalal Darwish (graduated 2024)
Dalal Darwish (graduated 2024)
Callie Collins
Callie Collins
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"The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects. This is the discipline that deals with the universe's divine revolutions, the stars' motions, sizes, distances, risings and settings . . . for what is more beautiful than heaven?" - Nicolaus Copernicus