Tobin Wainer

Intro

Hello! I am Tobin Wainer. I graduated from the University of Utah in May of 2021 with an Honors Bachelors of Science in Physics and Astronomy. I took a post-baccalaureate researcher with Dr. Gail Zasowski at the University of Utah and am now a graduate student at the Universit of Washington primarily working with Dr. Ben Williams.

Research

For a complete list of my Publications, click here .

I began conducting research with Dr. Cliff Johnson at Northwestern University and CIERA, and Dr. Anil Seth at the University of Utah on two projects which you can read about below. My post-bacc was spent working with Dr. Gail Zasowski at the University of Utah, and in my first year of Graduate school at the University of Washington I am working with Dr. Ben Williams.

Star Clusters in M33

Our main goal was to construct a catalog of Star Clusters in the Triangulum Galaxy(M33) using data from the Hubble Space Telescope. We used the Citizen Science platform hosted by zooniverse.org to conduct a visual search for star clusters. Because star clusters are a key tool to studying star formation at different epochs, this catalog will be the basis of gaining usefull information about one of our nearest galactic neighbors.

This star cluster catalog was the basis for my next project, measuring and analysing the star cluster mass function of M33. The star cluster mass function provides valuable insights into how large star cluster can be in a galaxy, which we found to be consistent with the local star forming rates. In addition, we analyzed how impactful individual star cluster mass uncertainties are in measuring the cluster mass function.

Ensemble Variability

I am involved in analyzing time series star cluster data from TESS to characterize the variabilty of their ensemble light curves. For this work, I developed a pipeline to derive and analyze an ensemble light curve.

CV

To open my CV, please click Here.

Personal

I grew up in Moab, Utah, and fostered an avid love for the outdoors. Ouside of work, I love backpacking, skiing, mountaineering, and climbing. I am also an avid sports fan, following the Denver Broncos, Utah Jazz, and Colorado Rockies.

Contact

You can reach me by email at: tobinw [at] uw.edu

Also, here is a link to my Linkedin and github profiles.

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