Hannah Dykaar

Astronomy Post Doc at McGill University working with Prof. Daryl Haggard (McGill University) and Prof. John Ruan (Bishop's University)

Education

Ph.D. Astronomy and Astrophysics University of Toronto, 2025
B.Sc. Honours Physics McGill University, 2018

Research Experience

Post Doctoral Associate McGill University, 2025 - Present
Supervisors: Daryl Haggard, John Ruan
Graduate Research Assistant University of Toronto, 2018 - 2025
Supervisors: Bryan Gaensler, Maria Drout
Undergraduate Research Asisstant McGill University, 2017 - 2018
Supervisors: Daryl Haggard
Undergraduate Research Assistant University of Waterloo, 2016
Supervisors: Robert Mann, Niayesh Afshordi

Research

Selected Publications

An Untargeted Search for Radio-emitting Tidal Disruption Events in the VAST Pilot Survey
Hannah Dykaar, Maria R. Drout, B. M. Gaensler, David L. Kaplan, Tara Murphy, Assaf Horesh, Akash Anumarlapudi, Dougal Dobie, Laura N. Driessen, Emil Lenc, Adam Stewart
FIRST J153350.8+272729: the Radio Afterglow of a Decades-Old Tidal Disruption Event
Vikram Ravi, Hannah Dykaar, Jackson Codd, Ginevra Zaccagnini, Dillon Dong, Maria R. Drout, Bryan M. Gaensler, Gregg Hallinan, and Casey Law

Outreach

AstroTours Co-Director

A monthly public talk series organized by graduate students at the University of Toronto.

Ask An Astronomer

Astronomer-in-residence to answer questions from the general public via email.

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