Allison Kirkpatrick

Allison Kirkpatrick
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Chair
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Research Interests: Astronomy
  • Physics & Astronomy
she/her/hers

Contact Info

Call Me:
785-864-0481
Malott Hall, room 2056C
1251 Wescoe Hall Dr.
Lawrence, KS 66045

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Biography —

2018-present: Assistant Professor, University of Kansas

2016-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Education —

PhD in Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, 2016
BS in Mathematics, University of Florida, 2007

Research —

I am an observational astronomer with a focus on supermassive black holes and their effect on how galaxies evolve. I use data from Spitzer, Herschel, Hubble, Chandra, and many other telescopes to quantify the energy output of supermassive black holes and the amount of star formation in host galaxies. Most recently, I am a key member of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) collaboration, which will have some of the first data taken with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.