About me

Hello!

My name is Alyssa Bulatek (she/her) and I am a fourth-year graduate student in the Astronomy department at the University of Florida working with Dr. Adam Ginsburg. I graduated from Macalester College in May 2020. If you would like to know more about things I have gotten to do in my career so far, please see my CV.

Interests

Research: I’m currently studying star formation in the Milky Way. Specifically, I’m trying to uncover molecular tracers of different processes related to star formation in a molecular cloud near the Galactic Center called “The Brick.” I am also broadly interested in observational radio astronomy and radio/infrared/optical instrumentation. You can check out some of the projects I have worked on in my CV.

Alyssa presenting her poster at From Stars to Galaxies II

Technical theatre and more: I have harbored a love for theatre since high school and worked in the costume shop at Macalester. My favorite musical is Big Fish. I am an avid player of the Nancy Drew PC game series, and I frequently indulge my nostalgia by playing other PC games from my childhood. I am a fan of the tabletop game Dungeons and Dragons, though I do not play it regularly. I have recently been developing an interest in filmmaking.

Recent Activities

  • September 2023: PhD Candidacy Defense
    • I gave my candidacy presentation, entitled “The Brick Line Survey: Star Formation in Extreme Environments.” My presentation is available to watch here, with slides available here.
  • May 2023: Poster, New Eyes on the Universe: SKA and ngVLA
    • I attended New Eyes on the Universe: SKA and ngVLA in Vancouver, Canada, where I presented a poster about a potential ngVLA survey of distant star-forming galaxies with a newly-observed “dasar” line of methanol.
  • April 2023: Poster, Protostars and Planets VII
    • I attended Protostars and Planets VII in Kyoto, Japan, where I presented an updated poster on my project using The Brick as a tool to find new tracer molecules for star formation processes in extreme environments.