Abigail Azari
Pronouns: she/her
Personal Website: https://abbyazari.github.io/
Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept
- aazari@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Machine Learning Bayesian Statistics Space Physics Planetary Science Planetary Magnetospheres Space Environments Space Plasmas Photonics and Plasmas
About
I am an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the departments of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta and a research Fellow at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
See my research website for more information (including student opportunities) and Google Scholar for my publications.
Education
PhD, University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science, 2020
Funded through a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, and a Rackham Merit Fellowship.
MS, University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science, 2017
BA, Smith College, Physics, 2013
Selected Professional Experience
Research Fellow, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, Current
Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Dept. of Physics, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Current
Post-Doctoral Researcher & Data Science Fellow, University of British Columbia, 2023 - 2025
Post-Doctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Lab, 2020 - 2023
Science Policy Fellow, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute, 2013 - 2015
I also held various undergraduate research positions prior to 2013 at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory/DIII-D National Fusion Facility, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Colorado School of Mines.
Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.
Open positions (including directions for how to apply) are online at abbyazari.github.io/join.