Curriculum Vitae


Selected Publications

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  2. Hardegree-Ullman, Bergsten et al. (2025)

    Scaling K2. VIII. Short-period Sub-Neptune Occurrence Rates Peak Around Early-type M Dwarfs

    ADS arXiv AJ
  3. Fernandes, Bergsten et al. (2025)

    Signatures of Atmospheric Mass Loss and Planet Migration in the Time Evolution of Short-period Transiting Exoplanets

    ADS arXiv AJ
  4. Bergsten et al. (2023)

    No Evidence for More Earth-sized Planets in the Habitable Zone of Kepler's M versus FGK Stars

    ADS arXiv AJ
  5. Bergsten et al. (2022)

    The Demographics of Kepler's Earths and Super-Earths into the Habitable Zone

    ADS arXiv AJ

Employment History

  1. Exoplanet Science Fellow,

    Space Telescope Science Institute

    2025 - Present

    Independent postdoctoral research in exoplanet demographics.

  2. Intern,

    NASA Headquarters (Astrophysics Projects Division)

    Spring 2025

    Best practices for team/collaboration structure in research and instrumentation settings.

  3. Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant,

    University of Arizona

    2020 - 2025

    Demographics of exoplanet systems and their dependence on host star properties; atmospheric evolution of small planets; the frequency of Earth-like habitable planets.

  4. Visiting Graduate Student Fellow,

    Caltech/IPAC

    Spring/Summer 2024

    Effects of stellar binarity on the frequency of small planets orbiting Sun-like stars.

  5. Undergraduate Research & Teaching Assistant,

    University of Utah

    2017 - 2020

    Characterization of spectroscopic signatures in supernova remnants, and in the interstellar medium associated with massive evolved stars.

  6. Physics and Astronomy REU,

    University of Utah

    Summer 2018

    Spectroscopic modeling of stellar populations to constrain cluster chemistry and dynamics.


Education History

  1. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona

    2025

    PhD in Planetary Sciences, Minor in Astrobiology (Advisor: Dr. Ilaria Pascucci)

    2023

    MS (en route) in Planetary Sciences

  2. University of Utah

    2020

    Honors BS in Physics, Minor in Astronomy (Advisor: Dr. Gail Zasowski)

    BS in Biology, Minor in Environmental & Organismal Biology