AURA Astronomer (SMO)

PDR Physics and applications to the large-scale ISM in galaxies. The total ISM content of spiral galaxy disks. Space Interferometry, Fourier Optics, and synthesis imaging.

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ESA Research Staff (INS)

Galaxy formation and evolution; star-forming galaxies; stellar populations; star-formation histories; massive stars and ISM in starburst galaxies.

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AURA Associate Scientist (INS)

Globular cluster populations and dynamics; high-precision proper motions and photometry of stars in clusters.

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ESA-AURA Research Staff (SMO)

My research interests range from star formation through planet formation to exoplanets. I am particularly interested in the evolution of protoplanetary disks and in the origins and properties of planetary systems around the coolest stars and brown dwarfs

AURA Associate Scientist (INS)

Associate Scientist

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ESA-AURA Research Staff (INS)

Anything that can be resolved in single stars or planets.

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Postdoc

11/01/2006-10/31/2009

My work focuses on Kuiper belt binaries. I've been a member of the Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES) team, a group that discovers, catalogs and follows up on Kuiper Belt objects for the purposes of dynamical and physical studies. My primary observations are photometric in nature and include lightcurves and orbits for these objects.

AURA Scientist (INS)

AURA Scientist

None

Postdoc

08/01/2008-08/31/2011

Observational studies of the structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks.

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AURA Astronomer, Project Scientist (HSTMO)

Interstellar medium, QSO absorption lines; instrumentation, detectors

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AURA Astronomer (INS)

Precise flux calibration of standards stars.

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Astronomer Emeritus (SMO)

Stellar astronomy; planetary nebulae; binary stars; white dwarfs; astrometry; Milky Way and extragalactic distance scale; extrasolar planets; cataclysmic variables and novae; light echoes.

Postdoc

01/15/09-01/15/11

Post Doc

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Postdoc

9/28/09-9/28/12

Formation and evolution of galaxies in the early universe; high-redshift galaxies; strong gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters; stellar populations

AURA Astronomer (SCO)

Planetary physics and sciences, both as relates to Solar System planets and to extrasolar planets. Design of optical systems that can detect light from extrasolar planets.

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AURA JWST Mission Scientist

Stellar populations, stellar evolution, galactic evolution, hot stars, spectral synthesis, late stages of stellar evolution, future space missions.

AURA Scientist (OED)

Nature and evolution of interacting galaxies, with primary interest in their global star formation properties. Luminous IR galaxies. Starburst galaxies.

AURA Observatory Scientist (HSTMO)

Study the evolution of galaxies and of dark matter from intermediate to high redshift. My main current interest is weak lensing based on HST data. I also work on astrometric searches for planets with GAIA and SIM.

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CSA Scientist (INS)

Stellar atmospheres of white dwarfs and subdwarfs.

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AURA Assistant Astronomer (INS)

AURA Assistant Astronomer

ESA-AURA Research Staff (INS)

Active Galactic Nuclei: Radio galaxies, jets, accretion processes around supermassive black holes, radio-quiet and radio-loud AGNs, the relationship between the narrow line regions of Seyfert galaxies and their soft X-ray emission, the properties of low luminosity radio galaxies at 1

AURA Observatory Scientist, Community Missions Office Deputy (CMO)

Stellar Populations; Open, Populous and Globular-type clusters Information Technologies; Distributed Data Systems & Active Archives; Applications of Instructional Technology Public understanding of science; K-12 curricula, standards, evaluation and systemic reform; informal science education methodologies, standards and evaluation.

ESA (INS)

ESA

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AURA Term Scientist (INS)

Precision Spectrophotometric Calibration, Observational Cosmology, Dark Energy, IR Instruments, Astronomy Education Research.

Postdoc - Giacconi Fellow

Multi-wavelength properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN); obscured AGN activity; galaxy formation and evolution; local HI galaxies; infrared, X-ray, radio, and optical astronomy

AURA Senior Scientist, Head HST Mission Office (HSTMO)

Interested in the development and operations of space-based astronomical observatories. In a prior life I was interested in galactic x-ray sources.

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Postdoc

8/17/09- 8/7/11

My research focuses on the Interstellar Medium in the Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, and nearby galaxies. I use both gas and dust as tracers to answer fundamental questions about star formation. I am particularly interested in investigating how the gas collapses and fragments to form stars and star clusters, and what causes the onset of star formation (e.g., turbulence, gravity, shocks...). I am also currently working on the properties of dust in the Magellanic Clouds and how these properties change with local environment.

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CSC Operations Astronomer

Photometry and modeling of the gas and dust distributions in the inner comae of comets.

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AURA Astronomer (SMO)

Astrophysics

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AURA Astronomer (INS)

Cosmology. Galaxy Formation and Evolution. Deep Fields. Dwarf Galaxies (particularly dwarf ellipticals). Stellar Populations. Gravitational lensing.

AURA JWST Division Head (JWSTMO)

AURA Senior Scientist

AURA Scientist (INS)

My main interests are studies of the abundances and properties of species in the interstellar medium, especially the abundance of deuterium and oxygen relative to hydrogen. I am also interested in the properties of diffuse interstellar bands.

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AURA Associate Astronomer (INS)

My primary research topic at this time is the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their host galaxies. I also study other compact objects, in particular radio pulsars. I am interested in observations of distant galaxies, and I work on methods for improving the imaging of these and other objects with HST.

CSA Scientist (INS)

Stellar atmospheres and winds of hot, massive stars.

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AURA Term Scientist (INS)

My research focuses on the heating and ionization of the interstellar and intergalactic media, with special emphasis on the physics of collisionless shocks. In this work I focus on the kinematics of supernova remnants (both non-radiative and radiative), the role of cosmic ray acceleration in shocks and the dynamical evolution of high velocity clouds. I am also interested in the dispersal of heavy elements by supernova explosions. The main tool of my research is spectroscopy (optical, ultraviolet and infrared).

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AURA Astronomer (INS)

Primary research interests are in the detection of extra solar planets including Earth-like planets, and the characterization of stars via study of solar-like oscillations. Both of these are approached observationally via very high-precision, time-series photometry searching for planet transits and p-mode oscillations.

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AURA Term Scientist (INS)

AURA Term Scientist

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AURA Associate Astronomer (INS)

Interstellar dust in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies; Understanding the full range of dust properties and how they vary with environment (e.g., dust formation and effects of nearby star formation on dust); Dusty radiative transfer and dust emission in arbitrary 3D geometries (e.g., clumpy dust) of stars, gas, and dust (DIRTY model); Infrared instrumentation, specifically operations, data reduction, and calibration.

AURA Scientist (ITSD)

Formation and Evolution of Galaxies in Different Environments; Globular Cluster Systems of Galaxies along the Hubble Sequence; Origin and Nature of Dust and Ionized Gas in Early-Type Galaxies

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Postdoc

07/02/2007-07/01/2010

Photometry and spectroscopy of resolved stellar populations in the Milky Way, LMC and SMC, as well as other galaxies in and around the Local Group.

AURA Term Scientist (INS)

Galaxy formation and evolution, with particular interest in AGN-galaxy coevolution; Deep fields; Large-scale structure; Gravitational lensing; Extragalactic globular cluster systems.

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AURA Senior Scientist (NVO)

Interested in fostering multi-facility/multi-wavelength astronomical research through the virtual observatory. I have also worked in the areas of image restoration, electronic publications, and software system design and management.

AURA Senior Scientist (INS)

My research includes the study of AGN and their interaction with the IGM and host galaxies. I also pursue the development of novel instrumentation.

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AURA Astronomer, Deputy Director (DO)

Developed and used infrared and submillimeter instruments from ground-based, balloon-borne, and space based telescopes to study the cosmic microwave and infrared background radiations, the interstellar medium, and the interplanetary medium.

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Postdoc

9/14/09-9/14/12

My main research focus is on starburst galaxies; particularly blue compact dwarf galaxies (BCDs). My PhD involved the optical and infrared analysis of BCDs using imaging, spectroscopy and IFU spectroscopy. I am interested in their chemical abundances (of neutral and ionised gas), stellar populations, star formation rates & histories, kinematics and various other properties of their ISM.

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Postdoc

9/28/09-9/28/12

Observations of resolved stellar populations in the Milky Way and Local Group; ages of stellar populations; variable stars; white dwarfs.

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ESA Research Staff w/tenure (HSTMO)

Chemically peculiar upper main sequence stars; Variability surveys in HST FGS data; Astronomical catalogs.

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AURA Assistant Astronomer

I study the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies in the local universe. My current research interests involve imaging and spectroscopic observations of resolved stellar populations, such as nearby star clusters and dwarf galaxies.

AURA Scientist (INS)

Physics of low-to-intermediate density plasmas, planetary nebulae; interacting binary stars, outbursts and structure of symbiotic stars in particular

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AURA Scientist, NICMOS Team Lead (INS)

AGN properties and evolution; relationship between AGN fueling, starbursts, and galaxy evolution / interactions; cosmic growth of Supermassive Black Holes and galaxies; multi-waveband AGN studies in radio, sub-mm, IR, optical, UV, X-ray.

AURA Astronomer, Division Head Instruments Division (INS)

Multiwavelength studies of active galaxies and quasars, concentrating on UV and X-ray observations of outflowing, absorbing gas; also studies the ionization and composition of the intergalactic medium.

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Postdoc

08/18/2008- 08/31/2011

Interstellar medium of galaxies; properties of dust in the interstellar medium; star formation rate indicators; diffuse interstellar bands; astrochemistry; starburst galaxies; and QSO absorption-line systems.

AURA Astronomer, Head of Science Policies Group, Acting Deputy Science Division (SMO)

Main scientific interests are atmospheres and evolution of hot stars, resolved and unresolved massive stellar populations, the stellar content and interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies, starburst activity in galaxies, and spectrophotometric evolution models of galaxies.

ESA-AURA Research Staff (INS)

Massive stars, stellar winds and atmospheres, chemical composition of stars, stellar evolution, resolved stellar populations, the Magellanic Clouds, large scale spectroscopic surveys, nearby galaxies, atomic data for astrophysics.

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AURA Astronomer Head, Office of Public Outreach (OPO)

Supernovae Type Ia and cosmology; The nature of "dark energy"; Anthropics; The formation of astrophysical jets; The physics of and around black holes; Compact binary stars; Planet formation; Astrobiology; Various topics in mathematics.

AURA Astronomer

Cataclysmic variables, Supernova Remnants, X-ray properties of normal galaxies, Instrumentation.

AURA Scientist (OED)

AURA Scientist

None

Operations Astronomer (CSC)

Near-infrared objective-prism surveys for cool stars in the Galaxy. Astrometry and galactic structure; improvement of catalogues/databases (SIMBAD).

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AURA Senior Scientist, WFC3 Branch Lead (INS)

Instrument design and development. Detector and MEMS technologies. Star formation in active galaxies, starburst galaxies, and stellar populations.

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Astronomer Emeritus (SMO)

My main interest is in Active Galaxies and in particular the measurement of their central black holes, the role of jets, the role of dust in the unification scheme of AGN and the properties of FRI and FRII sources. I am also interested in the ISM of ellipticals galaxies.

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CSA Scientist (INS)

CSA Term Scientist

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Visiting Scientist (INS)

My research interests focus on the winds of hot, massive stars, young stellar clusters, interstellar dust, cepheid stars, statistical methods and calibration techniques.

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AURA Term Scientist (INS)

My research interests include galaxies and clusters, star clusters, extragalactic globular clusters, merging galaxies and galaxy evolution

AURA Scientist (INS)

Leads the XO project, the long term goal of which is to find and study habitable exoworlds. In the near term XO searches photometrically for hot Jupiters.

AURA Observatory Scientist, Deputy Archive Science Branch (OED)

Sky surveys and catalogs; Galaxy structure and evolution; Contact binary systems.

AURA Astronomer (INS)

Using infrared and millimeter observations, I study the circumstellar environments of dusty stars in our Galaxy and nearby galaxies (e.g. The Magellanic Clouds); in particular the dust and warm neutral gas. Designing and building infrared cameras.

ITSD Deputy Division Head

Applying advanced computer and information techniques to scientific problems.

Postdoc

9/28/09-9/28/12

High energy astrophysics and transient astronomy: Gamma Ray Burst afterglows and Supernovae

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STScI Director (DO)

to be added

AURA Associate Scientist (INS)

Star and planet formation, pre-main sequence stars, circumstellar disks, optical and infrared observations, radiative transfer modeling.

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AURA Scientist (INS)

AURA Scientist

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AURA Astronomer; ERO Scientist for SM4 (SMO)

Planets in the solar system and beyond, substellar objects.

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JHU/STScI Astronomer (SMO)

I work on understanding underlying physics in astrophysical phenomena. I enjoy trying to understand nature from a theoretical physics point of view. In addition I am involved in major observational projects using major space-based and ground-based facilities such as the VLT, Chandra the HST.

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ESA Research Staff w/tenure

Massive stars, stellar evolution, circumstellar nebulae. Stellar populations, young star clusters, Initial Mass Function.

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ESA/AURA Research Staff (INS)

ESA/AURA Research Staff

None

AURA Assistant Astronomer

AURA Assistant Astronomer

None

Postdoc

06/02/08-06/30/11

Planetary nebulae, AGB, and post-AGB stars; metal poor stars; elemental abundances; internal kinematics of planetary nebulae; mass-loss phenomenon; optical-near infrared high resolution spectroscopy; mid-far infrared imaging using space telescope.

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Astronomer Emeritus (SMO)

Theory and observations of (1) Supernovae and supernova remnants (2) Stellar winds (3) Star forming regions and young stellar populations, and (4) Cosmology: Distance Scale, Expansion and Acceleration of the Universe, Primordial Galaxies.

ESA/AURA Staff Astronomer (INS)

Star and Planet Formation, Origin and Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks, Astrobiology, Atomic and Molecular Astrophysics

Postdoc Giacconi Fellow

Theoretical high energy astrophysics. High energy emission in compact objects such as GRBs, AGNs and X-ray binaries. Relativistic gas dynamics. Astroparticle physics.

AURA Scientist (INS)

Extrasolar planets, planetary debris disks, and the low-surface brightness universe are my scientific areas of interest. I am especially interested in applying new technology to study these objects.

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ESA-AURA Research Staff (INS)

High redshift star forming galaxies. Grism surveys. Low mass stars and galactic structure.

AURA Astronomer, Head Community Missions Office (CMO)

Formation and evolution of large-scale structure in the universe, morphology and dynamics of galaxy groups, clusters, and superclusters, gravitational lensing, and observational cosmology.

Operations Astronomer (CSC)

Chemical abundances (especially boron and s-process elements) and related non-LTE calculations in B stars. Diffusion in stellar atmospheres and interiors.

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AURA Scientist (INS)

Barred galaxies dynamics and kinematics; ISM in Nearby Galaxies; Star Formation.

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AURA Astronomer; Head of Science Mission Office

Galactic structure andth formation of the Milky Way, the stellar mass function in the Solar Neighbourhood and beyond, low mass stars and brown dwarfs, extrasolar planets and astrobiology.

AURA Astronomer (INS)

Cosmology from Supernovae, Dark Energy, the Distance Scale, Cepheids, etc.

AURA Scientist (INS)

Star formation, disk evolution, Orion Nebula, IR instrumentation, UDF.

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ESA-AURA Research Staff (INS)

ESA

None

AURA Associate Astronomer (INS)

Gravitational microlensing, search for extra-solar planets and gamma-ray bursts.

AURA Scientist (INS)

AURA Scientist

None

Postdoc

11/03/2008-10/31/2011

My research interests include star and planet formation, protoplanetary disks, evolved stars, exoplanets, and the interstellar medium. I enjoy learning about these systems by studying their dust via their spectra.

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AURA Astronomer STScI HST Project Scientist (INS)

Interests include the evolution and baryonic content of the intergalactic medium, the physical conditions and properties of gaseous material inside galaxies, and the feedback on the ISM and IGM produced by supernovae and star-formation processes.

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Postdoc

03/05/2007-09/2010

Post Doc

None

CSC Scientist

High dispersion spectroscopy in optical/UV/X-ray wavelength regions. Dynamic processes in atmospheres and circumstellar environs of main sequence B stars, including pulsations, magnetic fields, flares, and circulating winds.

ESA Research Staff (INS)

Young massive star clusters in star-forming galaxies; starburst galaxies and supergalactic winds; hot massive stars and stellar wind interactions.

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AURA Astronomer (INS)

High-resolution spectroscopy; evolutionary properties of low-mass stars; solar-type stars as a population for Galactic studies and as targets fir SETI and planet searches.

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Postdoc

8/17/09-8/17/12

Hot stars in old stellar populations, tidal disruption of dwarf galaxies, star-forming galaxies, and proper motions of nearby galaxies.

AURA Associate Astronomer (OED)

AURA Associate Astronomer

AURA Assistant Astronomer

AURA Assistant Astronomer

None

AURA Astronomer (SMO)

Radio galaxies; jets; dust in galaxies. Mergers as an alternative to cooling-flows. Distances of galaxies; use of light echoes. Astrobiology; extrasolar planet imaging; search for life. Member Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) Science Working Group

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AURA JWST Project Scientist (JWSTMO)

My main interest is the formation and evolution of galaxies from first light to the present. I am especially interested in the evolution of their stellar populations and metal content, in their feedback on the IGM, and in the interplay between central black holes and galaxy properties.

AURA Astronomer (JWSTMO)

Interested in the formation of the earliest stars and galaxies. I spend most of my time on the development of the James Webb Space Telescope which will be used for such studies.

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Outreach Astrophysicist (OPO)

My research has studied cosmology in general, and the formation of galaxies and clusters of galaxies in particular. I have done large scale N-body plus hydrodynamics simulations and run a 31 node beowulf cluster.

Postdoc

8/31/09-8/31/12

High-velocity clouds in the Milky Way halo; low-redshift IGM and the gaseous halos of galaxies.

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AURA Assistant Astronomer (INS)

In the telegraphic form that everyone seems to use: The first stars and galaxies, galaxy formation, the interstellar and intergalactic medium, nucleosynthesis.

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AURA Associate Astronomer (INS)

Magnetic fields, stellar activity, pre-main sequence stars, extrasolar planets, abundances, spectroscopy, radiative transfer.

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AURA Astronomer, Telescopes Lead (INS)

Galaxy Structure and Dynamics; Black Holes; Optical and near-IR Spectroscopy and Imaging; Stellar Dynamics Theory.

CSA Scientist (INS)

I am interested in planetary nebula physics, and in the study of circumstellar and interstellar dust particularly the dust around evolved intermediate mass stars.

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AURA Astronomer (INS)

Optical and ultraviolet morphology of OB (massive, hot-star) spectra - global structure of and high-velocity interstellar absorption lines in giant H II regions (young nebulae).

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AURA Astronomer, Archive Branch Lead (ODM)

Extragalactic & Galactic radio surveys (the FIRST survey); quasars; gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies; image processing and other data analysis techniques; image compression; classification and data mining.

AURA Astronomer (HSTMO)

Formation and destruction of young star clusters. Extragalactic globular cluster systems. Merging galaxies. Polar-ring galaxies. Structure and dynamics of galaxies. Clusters of galaxies.

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ESA Research Staff (INS)

The interstellar medium in galaxies, both local and at high redshift, with a special emphasis on molecular gas, molecular absorption line systems, astrochemistry and the relation between molecular gas and star formation and AGN activity. Dust emission from high redshift galaxies as observed at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.

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AURA Distinguished Research Scholar (SMO)

High resolution spectroscopy; emission-line objects; element abundances; novae; accretion disks.

Postdoc

2/2/09-2/28/12

OB stars, Starbursts, H II regions