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General Information
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Department of Astronomy
Faculty
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Haldan N. Cohn,
Professor, Ph.D., Astrophysics, Princeton University, 1979.
Research Interests: Dynamical Evolution of Globular Star Clusters, Galactic
Nuclei and Clusters of Galaxies,
Optical and X-Ray Studies of Binary X-Ray sources, GRAPE-6 N-body
Simulations of Globular Star Clusters.
- Constantine P. Deliyannis, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Physics, Yale University,
1990
Research Interests: Stellar interiors and stellar evolution; metal-poor
stars; open clusters and globular clusters; big bang lithium; light
element probes of big bang nucleosynthesis, chemical evolution, and
physical processes inside stars.
- Phyllis M.
Lugger, Professor, Ph.D., Astronomy, Harvard University, 1982.
Research Interests: Dynamical Evolution of Globular Star Clusters,
Galactic Nuclei and Clusters of Galaxies,
Optical and X-Ray Studies of Binary X-Ray sources, GRAPE-6 N-body
Simulations of Globular Star Clusters.
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Catherine
"Caty" A. Pilachowski, Daniel Kirkwood Chair, Ph.D., Astronomy,
University of Hawaii, 1975.
Research Interests: Stellar Compositions,
Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, The Origin of the Elements in the
Milky Way, Stellar Seismology.
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Katherine Rhode, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Astronomy, Yale University,
2003.
Research Interests: Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems; Galaxy Formation; Rotation and Evolution of
Solar-Type Pre-Main-Sequence Stars
Emeritus Faculty
- Kent Honeycutt, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Case-Western Reserve University, 1968
- Martin S. Burkhead, Professor
Emeritus, Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1964.
- Frank K. Edmondson, Professor Emeritus,
Ph.D., Astronomy Harvard University, 1937.
- Hollis R. Johnson, Professor
Emeritus, Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Colorado, 1960.
Adjunct Faculty
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Anurag Shankar, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 1990.
Research Interests: 1, 2, and 3-D hydrodynamic
simulations (of novae, supernovae, and stellar interiors),
nucleosynthesis, cognitive science of astronomy/science teaching and
learning (naive physics, visual perception, etc.), information
technology (design and delivery of large, production services such as
messaging, etc., network security, high performance computing, high
performance networking, and high performance storage, IT education,
management, and IT infrastructure development for science).
Research Scientists
- John J. Salzer, Senior Scientist, Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1987.
Research Interests: Galaxy Evolution, Active Galactic Nuclei, Starburst
Galaxies, Chemical Evolution in Galaxies, Multi-wavelength studies of
Dwarf Galaxies, Emission-line Surveys
- Thomas Y. Steiman-Cameron, Senior Scientist, Ph.D.,
Astronomy, Indiana University,1984.
Research Interests: Dynamics of
nonplanar astrophysical disks, galaxy formation and evolution, structure
of galactic halos, spiral structure of the Milky Way, accretion driven
compact x-ray binary stars.
Instructor
- Aubrie Maxwell, Instructor, M.S. Physics, Brigham Young University 2004.
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