Laura A. Lopez, Ph.D.

Dr. Laura A. Lopez is an associate professor of astronomy at The Ohio State University. She received her BS in physics from MIT and her Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California Santa Cruz in 2011. Subsequently, she was a NASA Einstein and Pappalardo Fellow in Physics at MIT and a NASA Hubble Fellow at Harvard University.

Her research focuses on massive stars and how they interact with the interstellar medium via stellar feedback and supernovae, from the scales of star clusters to large-scale galactic winds. Her work aims to bridge the gap between theory and observations by developing novel ways to compare theoretical predictions to experimental results.

Dr. Lopez is co-chair of the American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy. She leads the astronomy Bridge program at OSU, and she is an official sponsor and advocate of Black in Astro.