Dr. Rebecca G. Martin
Rebecca G.
Martin, Ph.D. is NASA Sagan Fellow at the University of Colorado
Boulder.
Rebecca’s research includes
many areas of theoretical astrophysics
such as accretion processes, star and planetary system formation,
satellite formation, and active galactic nuclei.
Her papers include
On the formation and evolution of asteroid belts and their potential
significance for life,
Dead Zones In Circumplanetary Discs as Formation Sites For Regular
Satellites,
On the Evolution of the Snow Line in Protoplanetary Discs,
Dead Zones around Young Stellar Objects: FU Orionis Outbursts and
Transition Discs,
Accretion Outbursts in Circumplanetary Disks,
Dead Zones around Young Stellar Objects: Dependence on Physical
Parameters,
The Gravo-Magneto Limit Cycle in Accretion Disks,
Tidal truncation of circumplanetary discs,
Tidal Warping of Be Star Decretion Discs, and
On orbital period changes in nova outbursts.
Read her
full list of publications!
Rebecca earned her BA (with honors) in Mathematics at Cambridge
University in
2004.
She earned her MMath (Part III Mathematics) at Cambridge University
in 2005. She earned her Ph.D. in Theoretical Astrophysics at
Cambridge University in 2009.
Read
Why Is Earth So Dry? and
Asteroid Belts of Just the Right Size are Friendly to Life.
and
Read her
Academia profile and her
LinkedIn profile.