https://www.catherinemanea.com/posters daily 0.75 2019-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/1546469827185-YNOVIHZ1TFLJVRP3WUHN/poster_smallersize.png Posters Presented at the UC Santa Cruz Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/1546469979832-FCMQK3WYGC8WLWZZRDDP/AAS_poster_final.png Posters Presented at the American Astronomical Society’s 233rd Winter Conference, January 2019 https://www.catherinemanea.com/nsf daily 0.75 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/1720756561366-U1RU5UG0YJAJWUIF1H5Q/IMG_0037.jpg NSF AAPF Materials https://www.catherinemanea.com/test daily 0.75 2026-06-19 https://www.catherinemanea.com/home daily 1.0 2026-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/c14dffb4-b59c-4de0-ba5d-18ccdf79ac9f/mcdonald.png Home - Make it stand out McDonald Observatory’s 0.8m telescope, as seen from the catwalk of the 2.7m telescope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/aba8a129-7839-45c4-b93e-0c489f485663/20251124_133546.jpg Home - Make it stand out Catherine and her pup Pepper at Fisher Towers in Southern Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/2e683885-b0bd-4eee-ad1e-bc51ba6e5ee0/Screenshot-2020-02-18-at-10.21.40-26b65cb-e1582021364166.webp Home - Make it stand out I collect and analyze stellar spectra to constrain stellar compositions and learn about the origin of the chemical elements and the evolution of our Milky Way. Credit: Will Gater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/c0aa06ba-30dd-4c22-95a2-533521861879/a Home - Ellie Mebius University of Utah 2026-ongoing “Why are some stars enhanced in refractory elements while others are not, and how unusual is our Sun?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/e957df6f-11d0-42cc-8151-afc6ba66b5b3/headshot.jpg Home - Aleksandra Winkler University of Utah 2026-ongoing “What causes some stars to be extremely rich in the element lithium?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/654e2ce3-d272-43c2-a77e-fc445e3ef66a/stock.jpg Home - Okerike Nyambane Onchiri Columbia University 2025-ongoing “Can we predict a star’s dynamical behavior in the Milky Way using just its chemical compositions?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/060425e0-3091-4666-ba20-486d4e420a1a/chloe.jpeg Home - Chloe Renard-Robins Columbia University 2025-2026 “Can neutron-capture elements help us better identify groups of stars that formed together in the Milky Way?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/110b4d60-a4a0-45e2-aa2c-d6b867f940d5/jaden.jpeg Home - Jaden Levine* University of Texas at Austin 2022-2026 “Why are some stars extremely rich in the neutron-capture elements, and how many such stars exist in our Milky Way?” *Now a PhD student at New Mexico State University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/fb16b38d-6ace-4a8e-972c-5a34a147faa8/lipika.jpg Home - Lipika Chatur* University of Texas at Austin 2023-2024 “How do star clusters become dissipated into the Galactic disk, and what can we learn from the tidal tails of open clusters?” *Now a PhD student at the University of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/ec514e7c-0740-4ee3-bbca-fa5147263a87/stock.jpg Home - Emily Wade University of Texas at Austin 2021-2023 “Are there extremely fast-moving stars in our Milky Way, and if so, why?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c0edfee620b85c81c0233bb/9bd1073a-1fcb-4399-9bf1-3c11323b853f/aot.jpg Home - Make it stand out Catherine giving an Astronomy on Tap talk in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo Credit: Amaya Sinha