Ella Kane is a Mechanical Engineering PhD student and joined the Burke Lab in the fall of 2023. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in Spring 2023 with a BS in Physics and Astronomy. Her undergraduate research focused on the areas of exoplanets and supernovae. She led an undergraduate research group that used the Allegheny Observatory to conduct observations and verify exoplanet candidates as part of NASA’s TESS Mission. Her supernova research focused on the measurement and analysis of Type Ia Supernova spectra to help refine their use as standard candles for cosmological measurement. Switching fields in her graduate studies, she hopes to combine her experience using physical principles and data analysis with practical engineering techniques.
Ph.D. Student