Caprice Phillips

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I am a third year astronomy PhD candidate at The Ohio State University working with Professor Ji Wang on detectability of potential biosignatures on gas dwarfs with The James Webb Space Telescope and Twinkle space mission.. I am also a fellow in the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program. I received my M.A. in Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019 and my B.S. in Physics with a minor in mathematics from The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) in 2015.

For my undergraduate degree, I attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in Little Rock, Arkansas where I was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar. The McNair Scholars Program introduced me to the realm of research and to the possibility of obtaining a PhD. When I'm not coding or working at school, I enjoy reading, crafting, cooking, and trying my hand at new recipes. I also enjoy attending comic conventions to let out my inner nerd. I am passionate about social justice along with equity & inclusion work in astronomy and STEM in general.

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