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Edo Berger

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    I am a Professor of Astronomy at the Harvard University department of astronomy (and the Center for Astrophysics).  With my students and postdoctoral fellows in the Cosmic Transients Lab we research a wide range of topics in time-domain astrophysics, including supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, tidal disruption events, gravitational wave events, and magnetic activity in sub-stellar objects (brown dwarfs and exoplanets).  We use observations across the electromagnetic spectrum - from radio to γ-rays - utilizing observatories around the world and in space.  We also use machine learning and artificial intelligence approches to address the photometric classification of transients in real time and to analyze gravitational wave data.

    I was previously a joint Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2007) and Carnegie-Princeton Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2008) at the Carnegie Observatories and Princeton University.

    I received a PhD in Astrophysics from Caltech in 2004, with a thesis focused on multi-wavelength studies of gamma-ray bursts, their host galaxies, and type Ib/c core-collapse supernovae.

Latest News

  • Former Graduate Student Wen-fai Fong (PhD 2014) Accepts a Faculty Position at Northwestern University
  • Former Graduate Student Wen-fai Fong (PhD 2014) Wins the 2016 APS Division of Astrophysics Thesis Award
  • Edo Berger is Winner of 2016 Star Family Challenge
  • Maria Drout successfully defends her PhD thesis - Congratulations Dr. Drout!
  • Fast Radio Burst "Afterglow" Was Actually a Flickering Black Hole
  • Astronomers Report Results of First Search for Visible Light Associated with Gravitational Waves
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