Dana Anderson

My research explores the chemical composition of planet-forming materials through computational modeling and telescope observations of disks around young stars. My focus is on how we can use astrochemical observations to derive disk properties (e.g., gas masses, compositions, and lifetimes) that are relevant to planet formation. I am a Co-PI of the ALMA Disk-Exoplanet C/Onnection (DECO) Large Program, Co-I on two JWST Cycle 2 programs, and PI of several successful ALMA programs focused on circumstellar disks. I am a Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Earth and Planets Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. and will be starting as a faculty member in the Physics Department at the U.S. Naval Academy in August 2024.