Kaitlin Kratter

Kaitlin Kratter

Associate Professor, Astronomy
Associate Astronomer, Steward Observatory
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor, Applied Math GIDP

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 Areas
Computation Astrophysics
Star Formation & the Interstellar Medium
Planets
Dynamics
Stars and Stellar Astrophysics
Research Groups
Steward Theory, Data and Computation Group