Maissa Salama

User Maissa Salama

User Postdoctoral Scholar

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Physical & Biological Sciences Division

Postdoctoral Scholar

Staff

Postdoctoral Scholar

Center for Adaptive Optics
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UCO / Lick Observatory

  • PhD Astronomy, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2021
  • M.S. Astronomy, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2017
  • B.A. Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, 2014

Direct imaging of exoplanets and adaptive optics instrumentation:

- conducting large direct imaging surveys searching for exoplanet and brown dwarf companions

- studying the population demographics of systems with exoplanet and brown dwarf companions

- developing new adaptive optics technologies for high contrast imaging, both in the lab and on-sky

- phasing of large segmented mirrors

- near-infrared SAPHIRA detectors

Publication List on ADS

Last modified: Oct 06, 2025