Isaac DaSilva

I became interested in astronomy the first time I learned about the solar system in elementary school. It sparked an interest that has been growing even to this day and the spark fully ignited when I realized that I could do this as a career.

Astronomy draws me in because the universe is so vast and beautiful, and there are still so many things that we do not know about it. I am always eager to learn more about it, recognizing that the more I learn, the less I know!

After finishing undergraduate study, I plan to go to graduate school to obtain a Ph.D. in Astronomy/Astrophysics. , I am currently researching the spectral analysis of the lithium of red giants in the old open cluster NGC 7789 using MOOG, an astronomy code that performs a variety of LTE line analyses. I am using the stellar parameters and spectra from the WIYN telescope data I obtained last year, and plan on creating visualization tools in Python.

TEAM-UP Together Scholarship Recipient in 2023 and 2024.