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The listing below represents the Institute's Post-Doctoral Staff. Informaton includes: name and photo, areas of scientific interest, and a personal URL. "Clicking" on a picture will reveal their contact information. The list may also be filtered by area of interest. | ||
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 Susan Benecchi |
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Postdoc 11/01/2006-10/31/2009 |
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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. |
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 Martin Bitner |
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Postdoc 08/01/2008-08/31/2011 |
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Observational studies of the structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks. |
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 Martha Boyer |
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Postdoc 01/15/09-01/15/11 |
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 Larry Bradley |
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Postdoc 9/28/09-9/28/12 |
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Formation and evolution of galaxies in the early universe; high-redshift galaxies; strong gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters; stellar populations |
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 Jennifer Donley |
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Postdoc - Giacconi Fellow 8/31/09-8/31/12 |
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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
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 Julia Duval |
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Postdoc 8/17/09- 8/7/11 |
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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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 Aaron Grocholski |
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Postdoc 07/02/2007-07/01/2010 |
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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. |
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 Bethan James |
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Postdoc 9/14/09-9/14/12 |
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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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 Elizabeth Jeffrey |
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Postdoc 9/28/09-9/28/12 |
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Observations of resolved stellar populations in the Milky Way and Local Group; ages of stellar populations; variable stars; white dwarfs. |
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 Brandon Lawton |
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Postdoc 08/18/2008- 08/31/2011 |
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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. |
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 Kuntal Misra |
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Postdoc 9/28/09-9/28/12 |
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High energy astrophysics and transient astronomy: Gamma Ray Burst afterglows and Supernovae |
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 Masaaki Otsuka |
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Postdoc 06/02/08-06/30/11 |
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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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 Asaf Pe'er |
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Postdoc Giacconi Fellow 10/01/2007-09/30/2010 |
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Theoretical high energy astrophysics. High energy emission in compact objects such as GRBs, AGNs and X-ray binaries. Relativistic gas dynamics. Astroparticle physics.
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 Benjamin Sargent |
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Postdoc 11/03/2008-10/31/2011 |
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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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 Marta Sewilo |
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Postdoc 03/05/2007-09/2010 |
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 Tony Sohn |
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Postdoc 8/17/09-8/17/12 |
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Hot stars in old stellar populations, tidal disruption of dwarf galaxies, star-forming galaxies, and proper motions of nearby galaxies.
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 Christopher Thom |
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Postdoc 8/31/09-8/31/12 |
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High-velocity clouds in the Milky Way halo; low-redshift IGM and the gaseous halos of galaxies. |
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 Aida Wofford |
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Postdoc 2/2/09-2/28/12 |
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OB stars, Starbursts, H II regions |
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