CASCA is pleased to award the 2019 J. S. Plaskett medal to Dr. Alexandra Tetarenko from the University of Alberta. Dr. Tetarenko’s doctoral thesis is on the physics of relativistic jets in X-ray binaries, as revealed by radio, millimeter (mm), and sub-millimeter (sub-mm) observations. Dr. Tetarenko published six papers as a first author as part of her thesis, and was the second author on a recently accepted Nature paper. Dr. Tetarenko demonstrates exceptional skills both as an observer and in the physical interpretation of complex observational data, and has become a leading expert in mm/submm observations of black hole X-ray binaries. Currently a 2018 East Asian Observatory Fellow, Dr. Tetarenko continues to excel, recently publishing an investigation into Radio Frequency Timing Analysis of the Compact Jet in the Black Hole X-ray Binary Cygnus X-1.
CASCA is delighted to award Dr. Tetarenko the Plaskett Medal for her doctoral thesis.