Welcome! I'm Ferdinand

Ferdinand

Undergraduate at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ferdinand is an undergraduate student and researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign studying transient phenomena in the universe through radio and X-ray observations.

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Research Interests

Time-domain Astronomy
Transients
Supernovae
Tidal Disruption Events

Recent Publications

A Newly Identified Transient Ultraluminous X-ray Source in M31

arXiv e-prints • 2026-10

SN 2024iss: A Multiwavelength Exposé of a Type IIb Supernova with an Early-time Ultraviolet Spectrum and Shock-breakout Constraints

The Astrophysical Journal • 2026-10

The Delay Time Distribution of Quasiperiodic Eruptions

The Astrophysical Journal Letters • 2026-09