Research on radio signals in Astronomy
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in astronomy at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA, USA. Specifically, I study radio astronomy signals from space from variable and transient sources, with a particular interest in supernovae and tidal disruption events (black holes that rip apart stars that get too close!).
Writing about science
When not doing research, I also regularly write freelance articles for various media. These articles have appeared in magazines such as Astronomy, Discover, and Sky & Telescope. I also am a top 100 commenter on Reddit, known for my comments that begin with the catchphrase “astronomer here!”
Yvette Cendes
Astronomer here! My name is Dr. Yvette Cendes, and I am a postdoctoral fellow in astronomy at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. My research specialty involves radio transients- that is, radio signals that vary in the sky over time instead of being constnat, such as from supernovae or black holes that tear apart stars. I am also a freelance writer, and my work has appeared in publications like Scientific American, Astronomy, and Discover. I am also active on social media- most notably as /u/Andromeda321 on Reddit.