I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Washington State University.

My work is focused on detecting and characterizing the population of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies to provide observational constraints for models of black hole formation and growth. I am particularly interested in using time domain observations to identify active black holes in dwarf galaxies that are missed by other selection techniques.

Prior to my current position, I was a NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Astronomy at Yale University. I received my PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from the University of Michigan in 2017. 

Contact me at: vivienne.baldassare@wsu.edu