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Education

• Ph.D. in Astronomy, Columbia University, 2027 (expected)
• M.S. in Astronomy, Columbia University, 2024
• B.A. in Astronomy & Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 2020
• A.A. in Mathematics & History, Cabrillo College, 2018

Awards & Fellowships

• Columbia CTL Lead Teaching Fellowship (2024–2026)
• National Osterbrock Leadership Fellowship (2023–2026)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2022–2027)
• Ted Bowen Memorial Endowed Scholarship (2018)

Publications

Efficiently emulating distribution functions in gigaparsec volumes for varying cosmological parameters

C. Lovell, M. E. Lee, et al. (2026) "Efficiently emulating distribution functions in gigaparsec volumes for varying cosmological parameters." arXiv:2604.17981.

The impact of baryons on weak lensing statistics as a function of halo mass and radius

M. E. Lee, Z. Haiman, S. Genel (2026) "The impact of baryons on weak lensing statistics as a function of halo mass and radius." arXiv:2603.11815.

Cosmological back-reaction of baryons on dark matter in the CAMELS simulations

M. Gebhardt, D. Anglés-Alcázar, S. Genel, D. Nagai, B. K. Oh, I. Medlock, J. Mercedes-Feliz, S. Sutherland, M. E. Lee, X. Sims, et al. (2026) "Cosmological back-reaction of baryons on dark matter in the CAMELS simulations." MNRAS. doi:10.1093/mnras/stag525

The effect of intrinsic alignments on weak lensing statistics in hydrodynamical simulations

M. E. Lee, Z. Haiman, S. Pandey, S. Genel (2026) "The effect of intrinsic alignments on weak lensing statistics in hydrodynamical simulations." ApJ. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae1ca7

Cosmological and Astrophysical Parameter Inference from Stacked Galaxy Cluster Profiles Using CAMELS-zoomGZ

E. Hernández-Martínez, S. Genel, F. Villaescusa-Navarro, U. P. Steinwandel, M. E. Lee, E. T. Lau, D. N. Spergel (2025) "Cosmological and Astrophysical Parameter Inference from Stacked Galaxy Cluster Profiles Using CAMELS-zoomGZ." ApJ. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ada9e9

Zooming by in the CARPool(GP) lane: new CAMELS-TNG simulations of zoomed-in massive halos

M. E. Lee et al. (2024) "Zooming by in the CARPool(GP) lane: new CAMELS-TNG simulations of zoomed-in massive halos." ApJ.

Comparing weak lensing peak counts in hydrodynamical simulations to baryonic correction models

M. E. Lee et al. (2022) "Comparing weak lensing peak counts in hydrodynamical simulations to baryonic correction models." MNRAS.

MADLens, a Package for Fast and Differentiable Non-Gaussian Lensing Simulations

V. Boehm, Y. Feng, M. E. Lee et al. (2021) "MADLens, a Package for Fast and Differentiable Non-Gaussian Lensing Simulations." Astronomy & Computing.

Redundant-Baseline Calibration of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array

J. S. Dillon, M. E. Lee et al. (2020) "Redundant-Baseline Calibration of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array." MNRAS.

Teaching

Teacher - Undergraduate Astronomy Lab

Teacher - Undergraduate Astronomy Lab

TA - Theories of the Universe: From Babylon to the Big Bang

TA - Introduction to Astronomy I

Service & Leadership

• STEM Coach — Columbia School of General Studies (Jan–Jun 2024)
• Astronomy Youth Outreach Coordinator — Columbia Dept. of Astronomy (Aug 2023 – Present)
• Undergraduate Mentor — Foundational Course for Physical Science Transfers, UC Berkeley (2019 & 2020)
• Research Mentor — ULAB 21cm Cosmology Group, UC Berkeley (Aug 2019 – May 2020)