Hi there! My name is Adina Feinstein. I am a NASA Sagan NHFP Fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University.
I consider myself to be a fairly broad observer. I've used observations from the far-Ultraviolet to the Infrared to understand stellar activity from young stars and planetary atmospheric compositions. I've used a slew of ground-based telescopes and space-based observatories to answer my scientific questions of interest.
I received my bachelor's degree from Tufts University in Boston. My undergraduate thesis focused on identifying and characterizing lensed galaxies in the Hubble Frontier Fields images. I am originally from New York, which means no matter how long I've lived in Chicago, I'll never believe deep dish pizza is pizza.
University of Chicago | 2019 - 2023
Thesis title: A Multi-Wavelength Investigation of Young Stellar and Planetary Systems
University of Chicago | 2018 - 2019
Thesis title: eleanor: An Open-source Tool for Extracting Light Curves from the TESS Full-frame Images
Tufts University | 2014 - 2018
Senior thesis title: Exploring the Low and High Mass Extremes in the Distant Universe
Michigan State University Department of Physics & Astronomy | 2025 -
Michigan State University | 2024 - 2025
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder (2023 - 2024)
Proposal title: The Evolution of Young Exoplanet Atmospheres in the Presence of Extreme Stellar Activity
University of Chicago | 2019 - 2023
Proposal title: Studying Planetary System Architecture using Radial Velocity Methods
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Summer 2017
Proposal title: Characterization of Young M Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood
Evaluating five years of TESS obserevations of GKM stars with ages < 300 Myr.
Read the Paper Read the SummaryA search for atmospheric escape from AU Mic b and V1298 Tau c with HST/COS.
Read the RNAASCharacterizing the atmosphere of WASP-39b, a hot-Saturn exoplanet, with JWST NIRISS/SOSS.
Read the PaperDetecting and characterizing far-Ultraviolet (FUV) flares from the 23 Myr M dwarf AU Mic, and implications for the planets in the system.
Read the Paper Read the SummaryRefitting the planet and orbit parameters for V1298 Tau bcd as observed by TESS, and constraining the period of V1298 Tau e.
Read the PaperUsing magnetic reconnection events across 200,000 stars to understand coronal topologies and how they compare to the Sun.
Read the Paper Read the SummaryCharacterizing the atmosphere of the 30-40 Myr V1298 Tau c via transmission spectroscopy with Gemini-N/GRACES.
Read the Paper Read the SummaryDetecting flares and understanding flare rates across 3200 young stars observed with TESS with a novel convolutional neural network.
Read the Paper Read the JOSS Paper Read the SummaryDeveloping an open-source Python package to use aperture photometry to extract light curves from the TESS Full-Frame Images.
Read the PaperDiscovering and confirming a new Neptune-sized planet in a binary star system. Done in collaboration with citizen scientists.
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