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Vivienne F. Baldassare

Personal Data

Washington State University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Webster Hall
Pullman, WA 99163

Email: vivienne.baldassare@wsu.edu
Website: viviennebaldassare.com

Employment

August 2025 - present, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University

August 2020 - August 2025, William Band Distinguished Assistant Professor of Physics, Washington State University

September 2017 - August 2020, Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
Advisor: Marla Geha

Education

August 2017, PhD in Astronomy, University of Michigan
Thesis: “Properties of active galactic nuclei in dwarf galaxies ” | Advisor: Elena Gallo

June 2012, BA in Honors Physics, Hunter College
Thesis: "De-reddening the infrared spectra of L dwarfs” | Advisor: Kelle Cruz