Caprice Phillips

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My name is Caprice Phillips and I am a Sagan Fellow at University of California, Santa Cruz, working alongside a diverse team of outstanding scientists. Previously, I was advised by amazing scientists: Ji Wang, Jackie Faherty and Megan Bedell. I was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow (Temporary Research Analyst) at the Flatiron Institute at the Center for Computational Astrophysics . I am a former fellow in the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program.

I received my Ph.D. in Astronomy from The Ohio State University (OSU) in June 2025 where I was a P.E.O Scholar and AAUW Fellow . I also completed a Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching. I received my M.S in Astronomy from OSU in 2022, M.A. in Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019 and my B.S. in Physics with a minor in Mathematics from The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) in 2015.

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