Ryan Abrahams

6th year Physics Ph.D. candidate studying observational gamma-ray astronomy.

I love all things astronomy, and I want to find novel machine learning applications in astronomy. In addition, I am interested in including tech. into my astronomy classes and improve the diversity in the astronomy community.

Publications

Abrahams, R. D. & Paglione, T. A. D. “High-latitude, Transluscent Molecular Clouds as Probes of Local Cosmic Rays,” 2015, Astrophysical Journal, 805, 50Paglione, T. A. D. & Abrahams, R. D. “Properties of nearby Starburst Galaxies Based on their Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission,” 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 755, 106

Academic Interests

Astronomy, data science, quantum gravity, network theory, STEM education.

Positions

Adjunct Lecturer, Earth and Physical Sciences, York College

Education

B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland (2010)M.Phil. in Physics, CUNY Graduate Center (2014)