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Amanda has been involved in research with UNG since summer 2018 when she participated in CURCA's FUSE program. She worked under Dr. Gregory Feiden investigating starspots - cool spots on the surface of stars. She worked to quantify what starspot properties were required for theoretical predictions of a star's properties to agree with observed properties. She hopes to be able to publish her results in the coming months. 

This summer, she is working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a part of the NSF REU program. Here she is continuing to study and research stellar astronomy, specifically low mass stars. Through her research, Amanda has had the opportunity to present in poster session at various conferences including the Georgia Regional Astronomy Meeting, and Cool Stars 20. She expects to continue presenting research and attending conferences and will be presenting her current research at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Hawaii in January.