Welcome! My name is Alyssa and I'm ridiculously curious about the universe :)

 

Since receiving my PhD in Astrophysics from UMass Amherst in 2022, I've been teaching and expanding my mind and research into new dimensions. I’m currently a lecturer at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, teaching Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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My Astrophysics research focuses on understanding the nature of  co-evolution between galaxies and their central supermassive black holes across cosmic time using multi-wavelength observations (Sokol et al. 2023).  I'm also interested the many scales of star formation astrophysics that make up our fractal, hierarchical, and fundamentally connected universe. In my graduate career I've researched star clusters in nearby dwarf galaxies, investigating the universal nature of star formation in these low-density environments. Prior to this I worked on Milky Way star formation, studying the clustering properties of pre-stellar cores in the MonocerosR2 molecular cloud (Sokol et al. 2019). 

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Currently, I'm researching the fundamental nature of space-time, developing a new framework that proposes space-time itself is fractal and emergent. I host online classes to discuss this research and the edge of our current knowledge! Check out the 'Masterclass' tab

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