Karin Sandstrom

My Research

I study the interstellar medium and star formation in nearby galaxies using a wide range of multi-wavelength observations.

Current Research Group:

• Undergraduate Students: Sierra Kureshy, Esther Park, Shangqi Liu
• Graduate Students: Ryan Rickards Vaught, Eltha Teng, Ilyse Clark, Lindsey Hands, Hannah Koziol
• Postdoctoral Scholars: Jessica Sutter, Michael Busch (NSF Fellow)

Former Group Members:

• Undergraduate Students: Bethany Ludwig (now grad student at U Toronto), Cory Whitcomb (now grad student at U. Toledo), Megan Li (now grad student at UCLA), Tianxing Wang (now grad student at UC San Diego Materials Science)
• Graduate Students: Maria Kapala (SARChI Fellow at University of Cape Town, now in data science), Petia Yanchulova Merica-Jones (Postdoctoral Researcher at STScI), I-Da Chiang (Postdoctoral Researcher at ASIAA)
• Postdocs: Cliff Johnson (CIERA Fellow at Northwestern), Jeremy Chastenet (Postdoctoral Researcher at U. Ghent)

Here's a video I made with UCTV about why interstellar dust is important.