Krista Lynne Smith

Krista Lynne Smith is an observational astrophysicist who specializes in time domain observations of black hole accretion disks and jets, the search for binary AGN, and the effect of AGN on their host galaxies. Professor Smith uses a variety of ground- and space-based instruments for her research, including NICER, Swift, TESS, VLT-MUSE, Fermi, and the VLA.

My team includes graduate students:

• Macon Magno
• Ryne Dingler
• Ethan Poore
• Grace Gouin

And postdoctoral researchers:

• Turgay Caglar
• Jake Miller

Institutional Partnerships

• Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics & Astronomy