John Wendeborn
(He/Him)
Hi, John here!
I'm a recent PhD graduate from the Department of Astronomy at Boston University. As a grad student, I worked with Professor Catherine Espaillat and several awesome grad students on protoplanetary disks, young stars, and stellar accretion. My own work has been somewhat split between two topics:
FUor Objects - Very young stars that have recently undergone massive accretion outbursts. These bursts can have a profound impact on the surrounding disk & environment.
T Tauri Stars - Young (slightly older than FUor Objects), low-mass stars - think proto-suns. They show a wide array of variability, primarily due to uneven accretion from the disk.
Check out the full range of my work under CV and Publications.
In my spare time, I'm a big baseball fan, frequent the movie theater, go bowling from time to time, and often wander around Boston on my bike. I also follow science & tech, play the occasional video game, and enjoy baking.
Credit : NASA JPL
Check out my talk on millimeter variability in FUor objects!
I gave this virtual talk in December 2020 for the conference: "5 Years After HL Tau: A New Era in Planet Formation"
I gave this virtual talk in December 2020 for the conference: "5 Years After HL Tau: A New Era in Planet Formation".
If you want to learn a bit more about this work, check out my paper on the subject.
Also check out the great talks from others in my group (past and present):
Sierra Grant - ALMA Survey of Protoplanetary Disks in Lynds 1641
Anneliese Rilinger - Modeling brown dwarf protoplanetary disks