Dr. Eileen Gonzales

I am Dr. Eileen Gonzales, an Assitant Professor at San Franciso State University in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. My research focuses on understanding the fundamental parameters and atmospheres of low-mass stars, brown dwarfs, and directly-imaged exoplanets through observational and theoretical-based techniques. Using atmospheric retrievals, my current work aims to understand cloud properties as well as key chemical processes shaping the formation and evolution of directly-imaged exoplanets and low-gravity brown dwarfs. Prior to coming to SF State, I was a 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University in the Department of Astronomy. I received my PhD at the City University of New York Graduate Center in New York City, where I worked in the Brown Dwarfs in New York City (BDNYC) research group. I am a co-founder and director of Black In Physics a non-profit organization dedicated to not only celebrating Black physicists and our contributions but also to reveal a more complete picture of what a physicist looks like. I also am a lead organizer of #BlackInPhysics Week on Twitter, the largest event of the year for Black In Physics. I am a former LSSTC Data Science Fellow , a former Research Mentor in the Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) at the American Museum of Natural History, and a former mentor in the Cornell MAC Mentoring Program. You can learn more about my current and past research here.