Abygail Waggoner

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: awaggoner2@wisc.edu

Address:
2522 Sterling Hall

Research Interests

The earliest stages of life begin far before the formation of planets, when biologically sustaining molecules and precursors form in gaseous clouds and disks surrounding stars. I use a combination of theory and observational astronomy to study the evolution of chemical species in protoplanetary disks. I obtained my PhD in chemistry at the University of Virginia, with a thesis of X-ray Flare Driven Chemistry in Protoplanetary Disks. At the University of Wisconsin, Madison I have also joined the AGEPRO program, where I an using JWST data to understand the evolution of gas in protoplanetary disks.