About Me

About me

Hi! My name is Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon and I am a Colombian-Italian astrophysics PhD student currently at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). I have a growing interest in high energy theoretical astrophysics and cosmology. I am currently working under the supervision of Dr. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department at UCSC. My recent work has focused on simulating systems of binary stars inside of stellar common envelopes.

I was previously at Brown University in Providence, RI, where I got my Master of Science in physics. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with highest honors in physics from Clark University in Worcester, MA, where I worked in experimental biophysics in Dr. Alexander P Petroff’s lab. As part of this lab, I studied collective dynamics of magnetotactic bacteria.

I am very passionate about diversity and social justice in STEM. I am always looking to improve my scientific communication skills through outreach, mentoring, and education classes.

I have had the incredible opportunity to be part of the Lamat institute both as a mentee and as a mentor. I deeply believe in achieving equal opportunity and access across the fields of physics and astronomy, and uplifting the voices of those who have been sidelined and ignored.

You can watch Prof. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Rewa Bush and me talk about Lamat here.