Rebecca C. Levy, Ph.D.

STScI Postdoctoral Fellow
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

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Welcome!

I’m a STScI Postdoctoral Fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). At STScI, I am part of the ISM* Group. I study the effects of stellar feedback in nearby galaxies using multiwavelength observations of gas tracers. I combine and use data from ground and space-based observatories, including JWST, ALMA, and Hubble.

I grew up outside of Houston, Texas. I received my B.S. degrees in Astronomy and Physics at the University of Arizona. I earned my M.S. and Ph.D. in Astronomy at the University of Maryland. In addition to astronomy, I love trying new restaurants and cuisines, cooking, traveling, and hiking.

Here’s how I pronounce my name

News

Jun 30, 2025 Our JWST observations of M82 are featured as the “NASA/ESA/CSA JWST Photo of the Month”
Apr 3, 2024 Dr. Levy is featured in a NASA Press Release “NASA’s Webb Probes an Extreme Starburst Galaxy”

Selected Publications

  1. Levy et al. 2025
    M81 y sus Primas con PRIMA: Spectroscopic Mapping of the M81 Group with FIRESS
    Rebecca C. Levy, Eric Koch, Serena A. Cronin, and 2 more authors
    In PRIMA General Observer Science Book Volume 2, Nov 2025
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  2. Levy et al. 2024b
    JWST Observations of Starbursts: Massive Star Clusters in the Central Starburst of M82
    Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Divakara Mayya, and 25 more authors
    ApJL, Oct 2024
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  3. Levy et al. 2024a
    Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies Science with the Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies (SALTUS) Space Observatory
    Rebecca C. Levy, Alexander Tielens, Justin Spilker, and 3 more authors
    JATIS, Sep 2024
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  4. Bolatto et al. 2024
    JWST Observations of Starbursts: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission at the Base of the M82 Galactic Wind
    Alberto D. Bolatto, Rebecca C. Levy, Elizabeth Tarantino, and 37 more authors
    ApJ, May 2024
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  5. Levy et al. 2023
    [CII] Spectral Mapping of the Galactic Wind and Starbursting Disk of M82 with SOFIA
    Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Elizabeth Tarantino, and 10 more authors
    ApJ, Dec 2023
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  6. Levy et al. 2022
    The Morpho-kinematic Architecture of Super Star Clusters in the Center of NGC 253
    Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Adam K. Leroy, and 9 more authors
    ApJ, Aug 2022
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  7. Cooke et al. 2022
    Cuspy dark matter density profiles in massive dwarf galaxies
    Lauren H. Cooke, Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, and 8 more authors
    MNRAS, May 2022
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  8. Levy et al. 2021
    Outflows from Super Star Clusters in the Central Starburst of NGC 253
    Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Adam K. Leroy, and 13 more authors
    ApJ, May 2021
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  9. Levy et al. 2019
    The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: Evidence for Pervasive Extraplanar Diffuse Ionized Gas in Nearby Edge-on Galaxies
    Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Sebastián F. Sánchez, and 9 more authors
    ApJ, Sep 2019
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  10. Levy et al. 2018
    The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: Molecular and Ionized Gas Kinematics in Nearby Galaxies
    Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Peter Teuben, and 15 more authors
    ApJ, Jun 2018
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