Kimberly Ward-Duong is a senior at NAU triple-majoring in physics, mathematics, and astronomy. Her research at the observatory centers on the study and analysis of extra-solar planets, via observations of the variations in starlight that occur when a planet transits in front of its parent star. By modeling and analyzing these transits, she hopes to eventually find evidence of perturbing bodies (such as moons or other extra-solar planets in such planetary systems.) She plans to use her experience at the observatory to pursue a research career in particle astrophysics, theoretical physics, or cosmology.

Kimberly Ward-Duong is a senior at NAU triple-majoring in physics, mathematics, and astronomy. Her research at the observatory centers on the study and analysis of extra-solar planets, via observations of the variations in starlight that occur when a planet transits in front of its parent star. By modeling and analyzing these transits, she hopes to eventually find evidence of perturbing bodies (such as moons or other extra-solar planets in such planetary systems.) She plans to use her experience at the observatory to pursue a research career in particle astrophysics, theoretical physics, or cosmology.

Kimberly Ward-Duong is a senior at NAU triple-majoring in physics, mathematics, and astronomy. Her research at the observatory centers on the study and analysis of extra-solar planets, via observations of the variations in starlight that occur when a planet transits in front of its parent star. By modeling and analyzing these transits, she hopes to eventually find evidence of perturbing bodies (such as moons or other extra-solar planets in such planetary systems.) She plans to use her experience at the observatory to pursue a research career in particle astrophysics, theoretical physics, or cosmology. Kimberly Ward-Duong is a senior at NAU triple-majoring in physics, mathematics, and astronomy. Her research at the observatory centers on the study and analysis of extra-solar planets, via observations of the variations in starlight that occur when a planet transits in front of its parent star. By modeling and analyzing these transits, she hopes to eventually find evidence of perturbing bodies (such as moons or other extra-solar planets in such planetary systems.) She plans to use her experience at the observatory to pursue a research career in particle astrophysics, theoretical physics, or cosmology.