elizabeth s. yunerman

phd candidate

center for astrophysics | harvard & smithsonian

research mini cv contact me : eyunerman at cfa dot harvard dot edu

E. Yunerman, E. Price, K. Öberg  ·  ApJ 1004, 63  ·  apr. 2026 Icy Volatile Enhancements in Evolving Protoplanetary Disks
E. Yunerman, D. Powell, R. Murray-Clay  ·  ApJ 961, 33  ·  jan. 2024 A Pathway for Collisional Planetesimal Growth in the Ice-dominant Regions of Protoplanetary Disks
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education
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA
Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics2021 – present
M.A. in Astronomy & Astrophysics2025
University of California, Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA
B.S. in Physics, minor in Planetary Science2017 – 2021
2022 Dean's, Chancellor's, and Steck Awards for Finest Undergraduate Research Thesis
research positions
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian2021 – present
Advisors: Prof. Karin Öberg, Dr. Ellen Price
modeling volatile redistribution in protoplanetary disks
Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowshipsummer 2020
Advisors: Prof. Philip Hopkins, Dr. Jonathan Squire
simulating the disk settling instability at small scales
University of California, Santa Cruz2018 – 2023
Advisors: Prof. Ruth Murray-Clay, Prof. Diana Powell
modeling species-dependent collisional fragmentation regions disks
teaching
Teaching Fellow, Harvardspring 2024
ASTRON 16: Stellar & Planetary Astronomy
Teaching Fellow, Harvardfall 2022
ASTRON 200: Radiative Processes in Astrophysics
Peer Research Mentor, UCSC2019
ASTR 9: Introduction to Research in Physics & Astronomy
community
Peer Mentor, Harvard Astronomy Graduate Student Peer Mentoring Program2025 – 2026
G3-G4 Representative, Harvard Astronomy Student-Faculty Council2023 – 2025
Co-organizer, Faculty and Graduate Student Lunches2023 – 2025
Co-organizer, Harvard Astronomy Graduate Student Peer Mentoring Program2023 – 2025
Harvard Astronomy Faculty Search Student Representative2024
Co-organizer, Harvard Astronomy Prospective Visit2023
Mentor, UCSC WiPA + SPS Mentoring Program2021 – 2023
Co-president, UCSC WiPA2019 – 2020
Outreach Coordinator, UCSC WiPA2018 – 2019
talks* & posters
A Dynamical Synthesis of Dynamical Systems* [invited]jan. 2026
MIT Mini Disk Symposium*aug. 2025
GRC Origins of Solar Systemsjun. 2025
CfA Exoplanet Pizza Lunch*feb. 2025
Exoplanets Vjun. 2024
MIT EAPS Planetary Lecture Series* [invited]apr. 2024
CfA SSP Science Bites*jan. 2024
Protostars & Planets VIIapr. 2023
GRS+GRC Origins of Solar Systemsjun. 2023
CfA Exoplanet Pizza Lunch*mar. 2023
Exoplanets IVmay 2022
237th AASjan. 2021
Caltech SFP Fall Seminar Day*aug. 2020
Extreme Solar Systems IVjan. 2019
APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
233rd AAS
UCSC Summer Research Symposium2018
UCSC ASTR 9 Research Symposium