Meet the Expert: Dr. Emily Rice, Associate Professor of Astrophysics at at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and owner of Startorialist, a space and science-themed product site

Emily Rice is Associate Professor of Astrophysics at at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York (CUNY), faculty in the Physics Ph.D. Program at the CUNY Graduate Center, and a resident research associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). She earned her Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics at UCLA and Bachelor’s degrees in Physics & Astronomy and German at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to Macaulay, Dr. Rice was a member of the faculty at the College of Staten Island.

Dr. Rice studies low mass stars, brown dwarfs (sometimes called “failed” stars), and directly-imaged exoplanets by analyzing their spectra and modeling their atmospheres. Her research group, Brown Dwarfs in New York City (BDNYC), co-led by Prof. Kelle Cruz (Hunter College) and Dr. Jackie Faherty (AMNH) has received funding from NASA and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Rice is a co-author of over 40 refereed publications and an introductory astronomy lab manual.
Dr. Rice frequently gives public presentations about space and science, including at the Hayden Planetarium at AMNH, and makes media appearances, coordinates Astronomy on Tap events at social venues around the world, shares astronomy-inspired fashion on the blog STARtorialist, and occasionally produces science parody videos.

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CHALLENGE:  Go to the image gallery of the James Webb Space Telescope and pick an image that you like. Imagine making something really creative with it. What did you come up with? 

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Highlighted Book for this Episode!

Unlocking the Universe: The Cosmic Discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope by Suzanne Slade

A stunning STEM feast on NASA’s Webb Telescope–the world’s most powerful telescope–will marvel future scientists and engineers about space and the universe beyond.

Book List: 

How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Adventure by John Rocco

The Hubble Space Telescope: Our Eye on the Universe by Terence Dickinson and Tracy Read

Exoplanets by Seymour Simon

Exploring Exoplanets by Deborah Kops