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Katia Cunha

Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Research Professor, Steward Observatory | Associate Astronomer, Steward Observatory

Steward Observatory

Collaboration(1)

Ilaria Pascucci

Grants(7)

A Comprehensive Spectral Line List for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy from 1-5 Microns using M-dwarfs and Red Giants as Benchmarks
Active·2023·$121.1K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
spectral line list, near-infrared spectroscopy, m dwarfs, red giants, benchmarking
Collaborative Research: Chemical History of the Milky Way as Seen Through Open Clusters Using SDSS and Gaia
Active·2022·$55.4K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
stellar evolution, galactic structure, chemical composition, astronomical surveys, collaborative research
The Planetary Systems in the Solar Neighborhood
Active·2020·$0 / $362.4K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
planetary systems, solar neighborhood, astronomical research, exoplanets, stellar neighborhood
Collaborative Research: Adding a Magnetic Dimension to M-Dwarf Stars Observed by APOGEE
Active·2020·$277.4K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
stellar magnetic fields, m dwarf stars, astronomical observations, collaborative research, spectroscopic observations
A Definitive Test of Rotational Mixing in Massive Stars
2021·$43.3K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
stellar evolution, astrophysics, nuclear fusion, stellar rotation, massive stars

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Publications(77)

Recent

The contribution of N-rich stars to the Galactic stellar halo using APOGEE red giants

2021

stellar population, galactic structure, astronomical spectroscopy, nucleosynthesis, stellar halo

A Spectroscopic Analysis of the California-Kepler Survey Sample. II. Correlations of Stellar Metallicities with Planetary Architectures

2021

spectroscopic analysis, stellar metallicities, planetary architectures, california-kepler survey, correlations

Final Targeting Strategy for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 North Survey

2021

astronomy, observatory, galactic evolution, survey strategy, targeting

APOGEE Chemical Abundance Patterns of the Massive Milky Way Satellites

2021

galactic structure, chemical abundances, stellar populations, milky way satellites, spectroscopic analysis

CAPOS: The bulge Cluster APOgee Survey. I. Overview and initial ASPCAP results

2021

galactic survey, stellar clusters, astronomical spectroscopy, astronomical survey, stellar chemistry

Evidence from APOGEE for the presence of a major building block of the halo buried in the inner Galaxy

2021

galactic structure, stellar populations, astronomical spectroscopy, milky way formation, dark matter

APOGEE-2S Discovery of Light- and Heavy-element Abundance Correlations in the Bulge Globular Cluster NGC 6380

2021

galactic globular clusters, element abundance correlations, stellar spectroscopy, galactic bulge, nucleosynthesis processes

Homogeneous analysis of globular clusters from the APOGEE survey with the BACCHUS code III. ensuremath{omega} Cen

2021

globular clusters, spectroscopic survey, homogeneous analysis, stellar population, chemical abundances

A Metallicity Study of F, G, K, and M Dwarfs in the Coma Berenices Open Cluster from the APOGEE Survey

2021

stellar metallicity, stellar classification, astronomical surveys, open clusters, stellar spectroscopy

Chemodynamically Characterizing the Jhelum Stellar Stream with APOGEE-2

2021

stellar streams, chemodynamics, apogee-2, stellar characterization, galactic structure