Maryam Modjaz

Maryam Modjaz
Alma materCenter for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley]
ThesisVaried deaths of massive stars : properties of nearby Type IIb, Ib and Ic supernovae (2007)

Maryam Modjaz is a German-American astrophysicist who is a professor and Director of Equity and Inclusion at the New York University. Her research considers the death of massive stars. She was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship in 2018, which she spent at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.