Ph.D., Physics, 2022, University of Pittsburgh

http://cfielder.github.io

Areas of Interest: Galaxy Formation and Evolution, galaxy environments, the Milky Way, Dwarf Galaxies, machine learning techniques

My research lays at the intersection of interpreting theoretical models and improving observational constraints to understand galaxy evolution. I completed my PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, where I worked on leveraging the uniqueness of the Milky Way in order to fill in our gaps of how the Milky Way relates to other galaxies photometrically, and how we should extrapolate from the Milky Way to guide simulations. At Steward I will be studying both individual dwarf galaxies in the local Universe and dwarf galaxy ensembles. Understanding these systems provides a unique window into the roles galaxy environment and internal processes play in galaxy evolution.