top of page
aligned_redder_zoom.png
Nugent_Portrait.jpeg

Anya Nugent

Harvard Observatory Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Liknedin

Hello! I am an observational astronomer studying transient phenomena and their host galaxies at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.

Research Interests

My research focuses on studying the host galaxy environments of various astrophysical transients - phenomena that arise from colossal stellar deaths and collisions. Host galaxy properties (like how massive, metal-rich, or star-forming they are) give us insight into how how transients depend on different environmental properties - which is key in understanding transient progenitor formation channels and timescales. My research has explored a variety of transient hosts - including those of short gamma-ray bursts, Type Ia supernovae, and several types of core-collapse supernovae. I pursue observational studies of these host populations to better understand how they connect to our understanding transient progenitors.

Publications

Characterizing Supernovae Host Galaxies with FrankenBlast: A Scalable Tool for Transient Host Galaxy Association, Photometry, and Stellar Population Modeling

A. E. Nugent, V. A. Villar, A. Gagliano, et al.

Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal

​

Where has all the r-process gone? Timescales for GRB-Kilonovae to Enrich their Host Galaxies

A. E. Nugent, A. P. Ji, W. Fong, H. Shah., and F. van de Voort

The Astrophysical Journal, 982, 2

​

A Population of Short-duration Gamma-ray Bursts with Dwarf Host Galaxies

A. E. Nugent, W. Fong, C. Castrejon et al.

The Astrophysical Journal, 962, 5​

​

​

The Host Galaxies of High Velocity Type Ia Supernovae

A. E. Nugent, A. E. Polin, P. E. Nugent

​​

Short GRB Host Galaxies. II. A Legacy Sample of Redshifts, Stellar Population Properties, and Implications for their Neutron Star Merger Origins

​

A. E. Nugent, W. Fong. Y. Dong, et al.

The Astrophysical Journal, 940, 57 (2022)

​

The Distant, Galaxy Cluster Environment of the Short GRB 161104A at z~0.8 and a Comparison to the Short GRB Host Population

​

A. E. Nugent, W. Fong. Y. Dong, et al.

The Astrophysical Journal, 904, 52 (2020)

Contact

Contact

Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Exploration in Astronomy (CIERA)
1800 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60208

anyanugent2023[at]u.northwestern.edu

63889319852__8EB67E00-FE4C-42B1-9EC8-4A42B43796AF.HEIC

Contact
Information

Center for Astrophysics  | Harvard & Smithsonian

60 Garden Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

anya.nugent[at]cfa.harvard.edu

  • LinkedIn
63889319852__8EB67E00-FE4C-42B1-9EC8-4A42B43796AF.HEIC
bottom of page