Students

For a full list of past and present students please see my CV.

The Polin Group Spring 2026. If you are interested in joining the group, please reach out! ---

Graduate Students

Tess Hoover

PhD expected 2028

Modelling Nebular Phase Spectra

Miranda Pikus

PhD Expected 2029

Faint Supernovae Models

Tess Boland

PhD Expected 2030

Multidimensional Hydrodynamics

Colin Macrie

PhD expected 2030

Late Time Dust in Supernovae

Post-baccs

Akshith Karri

Purdue Class of 2025

Undergraduates

Madeline Taylor

Purdue Class of 2027

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Student Publications

Pikus, M., Duffell, P., Mandal, S., et al. (2026). ApJ, 1002, 104. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae57ac

Karri, A., Polin, A., & Duffell, P. (2026). RNAAS, 10, 197. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ae8c3f

Macrie, C. W., Larison, C., Sears, H., et al. (2026). arXiv:2604.09777. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2604.09777

Scherbak, P., Polin, A., Kasliwal, M., et al. (2025). PASP, 137, 114207. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ae1cef

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Recent Students

Peter Scherbak — 1st Year Graduate Rotation, Caltech - Now applying for PostDoc Positions

Owen Odney — Undergraduate, Purdue University - Now a PhD Student at the University of Minnesota

Roy Galazka — Undergraduate, Purdue University - Now a Masters Student at Northwestern