Ph.D., Physics, 2021, University of California, Davis

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Azalee Bostroem is an LSSTC Catalyst Fellow at University of Arizona where she works on connecting massive star supernovae to their progenitor systems using multi wavelength observations. Azalee completed a Masters in astronomy from San Diego State University before working as a research and instrument analyst at the Space Telescope Science Institute. From there she earned her PhD from UC Davis and was a DiRAC Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Washington. In addition to understanding exploding stars, she is a strong proponent of open source development, tools, and open science. She is an active member of the Carpentries Community and lead the development of the Foundations of Astronomical Data Science Data Carpentry Curriculum. She believes science is better when we help each other succeed and passionately promotes education and equity.