Kaitlin Kratter
Kaitlin Kratter
Professor, Astronomy
Astronomer, Steward Observatory
Professor, Applied Math GIDP
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Dr. Kratter's research focuses on the formation and evolution of stellar and planetary systems. Kratter employs analytic and computational techniques to tackle topics including accretion disk dynamics, binary formation, few body dynamics, and planet-disk interactions. Her current work is focused on the intersection of binary and planet formation, especially in circumbinary systems. She is also collaborating closely with observers to discover extreme mass ratio binaries, and very young multiple star systems.
Research Groups
Steward Theory, Data and Computation Group
Research Areas
Dynamics
Exoplanets & Planets
Stars and Stellar Astrophysics
Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium
Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics