Dr. Erin Boettcher is a postdoctoral researcher studying galaxy evolution at low redshift. Her research focuses on observations of the baryon cycle, or the circulation of gas between the interstellar, circumgalactic, and intergalactic medium, with an emphasis on the role of stellar feedback in driving galactic fountains and winds.
Erin Tavormina Boettcher
(POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIS)
| Email: | erin.t.boettcher@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 662 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 662 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK |
Brief Bio
Research Interests
The role of magnetic fields and cosmic rays in the disk-halo connection
Astrophysics: Cosmic RaysPositions/Employment
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Maryland, College Park and NASA GSFC, via CRESST-II - Greenbelt, MD
September 2021 - Present
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the X-ray Astrophysics Lab at GSFC collaborating with Dr. Edmund Hodges-Kluck on studies of circumgalactic gas and dust.
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
September 2018 - August 2021
I was a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Hsiao-Wen Chen's research group and a member of the Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey, a large HST-COS program to study the co-evolution of galaxies and the circumgalactic medium at intermediate redshifts.
Graduate Research Assistant and NSF Graduate Research Fellow
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Madison, WI
August 2012 - August 2018
In collaboration with my PhD advisors, Profs. Ellen Zweibel and Jay Gallagher, my thesis research focused on the structure and dynamics of the gaseous, disk-halo interfaces of nearby galaxies.
Education
PhD in Astronomy - University of Wisconsin - Madison (2018)
MS in Astronomy - University of Wisconsin - Madison (2014)
BS in Astrophysics - Haverford College (2012)
Awards
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2014)
Selected Publications
Refereed
2022. "Discovery of a Damped Lyα Absorber Originating in a Spectacular Interacting Dwarf Galaxy Pair at z = 0.026." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 926 (2): L33 [10.3847/2041-8213/ac5250] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS). II. Discovery of an H2-bearing DLA in the Vicinity of an Early-type Galaxy at z = 0.576." The Astrophysical Journal 913 (1): 18 [10.3847/1538-4357/abf0a0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "VV 655 and NGC 4418: Implications of an interaction for the evolution of a LIRG." Astronomy & Astrophysics 637 A17 [10.1051/0004-6361/201834880] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "A Dynamical Study of Extraplanar Diffuse Ionized Gas in NGC 5775." The Astrophysical Journal 885 (2): 160 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab4904] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Detection of Extraplanar Diffuse Ionized Gas in M83." The Astrophysical Journal 845 (2): 155 [10.3847/1538-4357/aa81ca] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Testing a Dynamical Equilibrium Model of the Extraplanar Diffuse Ionized Gas in NGC 891." The Astrophysical Journal 832 (2): 118 [10.3847/0004-637x/832/2/118] [Journal Article/Letter]