d i r e c t o r y
drew lapeer
astrophysics ph.d. student
university of massachsuetts department of astronomy
dlapeer@umass.edu
drew@giantmolecular.cloud
who is drew?
hello there! my name is DREW. i'm a second year astrophysics ph.d. student at the university of massachusetts amherst , among many other things. my origins lie in the midwest (michigan), but i now reside in western massachusetts. if i'm not spending too much time on science i'm likely reading, hiking, climbing, thrifting, or causing mischief. you can learn more about me here. if you'd like to get in touch with me, check out my contact page.
what is this website?
this website serves as a facet of my professional presence, and a personal archive of resources, ideas, and projects. on this site, you can find an overview of my research, learn about my interests, read my blog, and more! the directory to your left likely contains anything you may be interested in. if you'd like to learn more about this website, and its origin, you can read more here.
“It's like the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad has happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it'll shine out the clearer. I know now folks in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something. That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.” — Samwise Gamgee
recent updates
dec 2nd, 2025
FEAST was featured as ESA's picture of the day!
nov 3rd, 2025
one of my recent astrobites was published in AAS nova !
sept 4th, 2025
the paper on the SMBH in UCD 736 was accepted to ApJ letters today! you can find it on arXiv here (Taylor et al.)
sept 3rd, 2025
the FEAST colloboration had two papers on the arXiv today! you can find them here (Pedrini et al.) and here (Bortolini et al.).
aug 29th, 2025
my first paper at umass has finally been submitted for review!
aug 28th, 2025
i had a new astrobites article go up! you can find it here!
now...
reading ~ all too many books
listening ~ portraits from memory - evanora unlimited
working ~ writing, writing, more writing
enjoying ~ winter
currently feeling...
