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Kelle Cruz

Kelle Cruz

Associate Professor and Director of the McNulty Scholars Program
Research Areas
Observational Astronomy, Optical and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, and more

Dr. Kelle Cruz is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Her research interests include observational astronomy, optical and near-infrared spectroscopy, low-mass stars and brown dwarfs.

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Kelle Cruz joined the McNulty team as program director in 2019. She is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Hunter College, a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and a visiting scholar at the Flatiron Institute.

She received both her BA and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. She held postdoctoral fellowships at AMNH and Caltech prior to joining the Hunter faculty.

Kelle is the owner of ScienceBetter Consulting, LLC, a small business dedicated to serving the needs of the scientific community, as well as the CFO and co-owner of Startorailst, Inc., an online shop offering space and science-themed clothing and jewelry.

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Education

  • PhD in Physics and Astronomy (2004) - University of Pennsylvania
  • BA in Physics (2000) - University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests

  • Observational Astronomy
  • Optical and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Low-Mass stars and Brown Dwarfs
  • Low-mass Populations of Young Moving Groups

Contact Details

Kelle Cruz

Physics & Astronomy
68th Street North 1227
(917) 725-1334
kelle.cruz@hunter.cuny.edu

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