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STScI Fellow
Sebastian Gomez headshot

My research broadly focuses on the discovery and analysis of exotic transients; mainly superluminous supernovae, tidal disruption events, pair-instability supernovae. I've also focused on machine learning methods to optimize transient selection methods in the era of large surveys.

Education:


PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Harvard University 
MA in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Harvard University 
BA in Physics, The Unversity of Texas at El Paso

 

Science Interests:

  • Transients 
  • Superluminous Supernovae
  • Tidal Disruption Events
  • Machine Learning 
  • X-ray Binaries
  • Photometrica Surveys

 

Research Topics: Supernovae, Remnants 

 

Professional Websites:

Sebastian Gomez

 

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6395-6702

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