My full curriculum vitae (CV) can be found by clicking here. A brief summary of my biographical sketch is as follows:
Education:
Ph. D. in Astronomy, UBC (2016; dissertation)
M. Sc. in Astronomy, UBC (2012; thesis)
B. Sc. in Physics, Astronomy, PSU (2010)
Positions:
2021-pres: assistant professor (WVU)
2016-2021: postdoctoral researcher (McGill)
2010-2016: graduate student + teaching/research assistant (UBC)
Recent, Selected Works:
For a full listing of my publications and their bibliographical/citation information, click here. The following a list of selected works that generally represent my ongoing activities and interest:
* Fonseca, E. (2025), Nonlinear Orbital Variations in Binary Radio Pulsars from Lense-Thirring Precession Submitted to APS Journals.
* Taylor, J. D, Fonseca, E., Dey, L., et al. (2025), Searching for Exotrojans in Pulsar Binary Systems. Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal.
* Patil, S. S., Main, R. A., Fonseca, E., et al. (2025), A Spatial Gap in the Sky Distribution of Fast Radio Burst Detections Coinciding with Galactic Plasma Overdensities. Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
* Kharel, B., Fonseca, E., Brar, C., et al. (2025), Repeating vs. Non-Repeating FRBs: A Deep Learning Approach To Morphological Characterization. Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal.
* Saffer, A., Fonseca, E., Ransom, S. M., et al. (2024), A Lower Mass Estimate for PSR J0348+0432 Based on CHIME/Pulsar Precision Timing. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 983, L20.
* Fonseca, E., Pleunis, Z., Breitman, D., et al. (2024), Modeling the Morphology of Fast Radio Bursts and Radio Pulsars with fitburst. The Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 271, 49.