{"id":8431,"date":"2025-12-02T18:41:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=8431"},"modified":"2025-12-02T18:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:41:47","slug":"rebecca-michelson","status":"publish","type":"researcher","link":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/researcher\/rebecca-michelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Michelson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border is-style-rounded profile-photo\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michelson_profile_photo-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8432\" style=\"border-radius:10px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michelson_profile_photo-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michelson_profile_photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michelson_profile_photo-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michelson_profile_photo-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michelson_profile_photo-1539x2048.jpg 1539w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michelson_profile_photo-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michelson_profile_photo-scaled.jpg 1923w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rebecca Michelson<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PhD Student, starting Spring 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a PhD student starting in August 2026, and I plan to work with Professor Bin Yang on Solar System small bodies and exoplanets using extreme adaptive optics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since graduating with a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in physics and astronomy, I have held a full-time research fellowship focusing on exoplanet direct imaging and spectroscopy, including work to calibrate the coronagraphic spectroscopy mode on the HST\/STIS instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>During undergraduate, my research was mainly focused on exoplanet\/brown dwarf direct imaging. I developed simulation software to inform direct imaging with the JWST\/MIRI instrument&#8217;s coronagraphic modes, and I worked to reduce and analyze MIRI data of a benchmark brown dwarf system. I also performed a background source analysis with this data and published my exploration of brown dwarf versus galaxy comparisons in mid-infrared color-color space. After undergraduate, I have begun a full-time research fellowship focusing on exoplanet direct imaging and spectroscopy, including work to calibrate the coronagraphic spectroscopy mode on the HST\/STIS instrument and to observe accretion markers in young substellar objects with disks using JWST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/search\/q=orcid%3A0009-0000-9639-1736&amp;sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&amp;p_=0\"><strong>NASA ADS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extracurricular activities<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>When not working, I like hiking and exploring the outdoors, trying out new cafes, playing scary games, and crocheting toys for my cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact me<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>astromichelson [at] gmail.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD student starting in August 2026, and I plan to work with Professor Bin Yang on Solar System small bodies and exoplanets using extreme adaptive optics; currently focussed on exoplanet direct imaging and spectroscopy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8432,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"researcher-category":[256],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher\/8431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/researcher"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher\/8431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8433,"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher\/8431\/revisions\/8433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"researcher-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher-category?post=8431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}