Results for "Astronomy"

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Taft Armandroff

Affiliated Departments:
Astronomy
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Dwarf spheroidal galaxies, stellar populations in the Galaxy and nearby galaxies, globular clusters, and astronomical instrumentation.

George Benedict

Affiliated Departments:
Astronomy
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Hubble Space Telescope Astrometry, Extragalactic Astronomy, Outer Planet Satellite Astrometry, Lunar Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (LUTE)

Danielle A. Berg

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Astronomy
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My research focuses on bridging our deepest understanding of galaxies, which comes from the local galaxies in our backyard, with the first seeds of galaxies in the very distant and early universe. I am especially…

Brendan Bowler

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Astronomy
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin

Affiliated Departments:
Astronomy
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Boylan-Kolchin's research focuses on galaxy formation theory and its interface with cosmology, with the goal of addressing fundamental questions about astrophysics and the nature of dark matter. He uses a combination…

Volker Bromm

Affiliated Departments:
Astronomy
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Topics of Research

Cosmology
Theoretical Astrophysics
Structure formation in the early Universe
Computational Astrophysics
When and how did the first stars and quasars form?
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Caitlin Casey

Affiliated Departments:
Astronomy
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Dr.Casey's research focuses on galaxy formation and evolution, from the earliest times after the Big Bang to the present day. She is particularly interested in the most massive, luminous, and extreme galaxies…

Harriet Dinerstein

Affiliated Departments:
Astronomy
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Chemical abundances and physical conditions in H II regions and planetary nebulae through optical and infrared spectroscopy; infrared studies of dust emission in regions of star formation, planetary nebulae and…