2025 Stellar Spectroscopy Workshop at The Ohio State University

In November 2025, Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Madeleine (Madi) McKenzie (Carnegie) and I co-taught a workshop on stellar spectroscopy at The Ohio State University (OSU). This workshop was attended by approximately 15 graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and research scientists from OSU. Madi and I had a blast sharing our love for spectroscopy and thought we would share our materials from the workshop below. If you’d like us to give this workshop at your institution, please reach out to us! And if you find the materials useful, please consider acknowledging them in your publications.

Thank you so much to Dr. Maddy Howell, Dr. Lucy Lu, and Prof. Jennifer Johnson (all OSU) for organizing the workshop and the glass blowing activity we all did mid-way through the week!!

Link to stellar spectroscopy workshop slides

Group picture from the Nov 2025 Stellar Spectroscopy Workshop at OSU.

Me lecturing about spectral synthesis.

The group at the glass blowing social activity.

Dr. Madeleine (Madi) McKenzie making a ornament during the glass blowing social activity!