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Education

• M.S. Astronomy: New Mexico State University
• B.S. Physics (Astrophysics): University of Louisville

Research

My interests are around Reionziation: whether it be galaxy, CGM, IGM, and so on. Currently, I am working with Dr. Kristian Finlator. Our research projects focus on all three: seeing how each affects the other as well as impacts due to Reionization processes and assumptions.

First-Author Publications

• Kušmić et al. 2024, eprint arXiv:2405.00177. "Galaxy-Absorber Association in the Epoch of Reionization: Galactic Population Luminosity Distribution for Different Absorbers at 10≥z≥5.5"
• Kušmić et al. 2022, ApJ,  Volume 931, Issue 1, id.46, 13 pp. "Assuming Ionization Equilibrium and the Impact on the Lyα Forest Power Spectrum during the End of Reionization at 8 ≥ z ≥ 5"
• Kusmic et al. 2019, RNAAS, 3, 134, “Morphological Parameters of Galaxies at z~8 in the BoRG and CANDELS Surveys”

Meetings Attended

• First Stars VII
• AAS 242^nd  Meeting
• National Astronomy Meeting 2022
• 37th Annual New Mexico Symposium
• SAZERAC 2.0
• AAS 233rd Meeting
• AAS 231st Meeting

Teaching and Outreach Activities

• ASTR 1115: Indroductory Astronomy
• ASTR 1120: The Planets

• Total Eclipse Viewing, April 8, 2024
• School Visit (Mission Academy), February 15, 2024
• Campus Visit hosted by TRIO Upward Bound, June 20, 2024
• May the Fourth Be With You! @ Berino Elementary, May 4, 2024
• STEM Family Night @ Cesar Chavez Elementary, April 20, 2023
• NMSU Night at the Museums, 2022-2023