About Me

I am a fourth year PhD candidate and Gruber Science Fellow at the Yale Astronomy department working with Sarbani Basu. I received my M.S. and M.Phil from the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2022. I graduated in 2020 from the University of Southern California with degrees in Astronomy, Environmental Studies, and Jazz Studies.

Currently, I am primarily interested in using asteroseismology to study interior mixing and angular momentum transport processes in evolved low mass stars. Understanding what is going on inside stars requires a combination of data analysis and stellar modeling techniques. See my Research section for more information. During my undergrad, I was an observer for the Mount Wilson node of the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network and studied high angular degree solar oscillations with data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory.

I was raised on the island of Oahu in Hawai’i, which, due to my proximity to the University of Hawai’i’s Institute for Astronomy, spurred my interest in Astronomy from a young age. I’ve taken multiple trips to Mauna Kea, including a recent observing run with Keck see photos.

I am also the leader of Yale University’s Graduate Student Assembly, a democratically elected body representing graduate students in all departments and programs within Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Check out more about our advocacy on our website.

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Feel free to contact me at christopher.lindsay@yale.edu