Karen Masters, PhD

Research interests: Galaxy formation and evolution. Galaxy kinematics. Galaxy morphologies. Citizen Science (especially in Astronomy). 
Karen's interests are in the area of extragalactic astronomy. She studies how galaxies formed and evolve in our universe using data from large surveys like the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. She is the Project Scientist for Galaxy Zoo and often uses information on galaxy shapes and types collected from this citizen science project in her research.