Dr. Allyson Sheffield

Columbia University, Post-doctoral Researcher

Galactic Sleuthing: Unraveling the Milky Way’s Past.

How did the Milky Way form? Clues to the formation history of the Milky Way are recorded in the current motions and chemical abundances of its stars. I will discuss the methods and results of a survey designed to use giant stars in the Milky Way to investigate and understand how our home galaxy originated.