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2024 TOP AWARD WINNER – Sanjana Curtis
Sanjana Curtis is an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. Sanjana Curtis is an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on some of the most extreme phenomena in the universe, such as the explosive deaths of stars and mergers involving neutron stars and black holes. Many of the elements that make up our bodies and our world were forged in these cosmic cataclysms, and Sanjana is working to uncover their origin stories. She loves to share these stories, as well as her passion for research and discovery, through her writing, TikTok videos, and public lectures. She firmly believes that science is for everyone.