Dr. Dana Baylis-Aguirre

Assistant Professor

Dana Baylis-Aguirre, PhD

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My current expertise lies in Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars and Mira Variables. These highly-evolved low-to-intermediate mass stars are quite cool (for stars at least), which allows for prolific dust and molecule production. Pulsations loft this new material into the surrounding stellar atmosphere. These conditions make these stars ideal laboratories for studying molecules and dust (or both!) and the physical processes in which stars enrich their environments at the end of their lives. I am also developing a new set of skills centered on near-infrared and optical interferometry.