Berrington Research Group

–Per intellectu est ambulabimus ad astra.

  • Madeline Shepley

    June 30, 2022 by

    Madeline Shepley is a 2020 alumna of Indiana University-Bloomington and became a Ball State graduate student in Fall 2021. She joined the Variable Star Research Group during summer 2022. She currently also does planetarium education research at the Charles W. Brown Planetarium. In her undergrad, she has also researched star formation in dwarf galaxies. When […]

  • Evan Jennerjahn

    June 17, 2021 by

    Evan is an undergraduate student from Penn State University. He is a former student of the Indiana Academy of Sciences, and is working with our research group.

  • Caleb Whitcomb

    January 27, 2020 by

    My name is Caleb Whitcomb and I am a Senior Undergraduate Student at Ball State University. I am currently pursuing a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Astronomy. My research currently consists of analysis of the Short-Term Variable Star System ASAS J061151, which consists of determining parameters of the system. I have been a […]

  • Lauren Wines

    September 24, 2019 by

    Just trying to be as cool as my cats. Lauren (Belle) Wines is an undergraduate (Major: Chemistry, Minor: Astrophysics and Biology) student at Ball State University.

  • R. Wes Tobin

    August 24, 2018 by

    Whitewater Hall 200A 765-973-8471 westobin@iue.edu Education Ed.D., Science (Physics, Astronomy & Chemistry), Ball State University, 2016 Certificate in College and University Teaching, Ball State University, 2015 M.S., Astrophysics, Iowa State University, 2008 B.S., Physics and Mathematics, Indiana State University, 2005 Current Research Interests Observational AstronomyPeculiar Velocity Structures in Galaxy ClustersHigh-Precision Variable Star Photometry Educational Research […]

  • Kyle Koeller

    August 15, 2018 by

    I am a Physics Graduate Student here at Ball State University and am currently scheduled to graduate in May of 2023. I have worked in the Berrington Research group since January 2018 and have completed the star NSVS 896797 and NSVS 254037 and have papers ready for peer review before publication. I am also currently […]