Athira Menon

Athira Menon

Research Interests

Research Topics:

Massive stars, Binary stars, Stellar mergers, Stellar evolution and demise, Core-collapse supernovae, Black holes and Neutron stars. 

Summary: 

I am a theoretical astrophysicist who's interested in all facets of stellar evolution, particularly of massive stars and their interactions in binary systems. I am also invested in exploring their fates as supernovae and black holes/neutron stars, and how next generation astrophysical surveys will test our predictions. Additionally, I am an avid science communicator with experience in mentoring and training students and postdocs. 

 

Mentors

David Helfand, Ivana Nikolić Hughes