Interstellar Dust Research Group

This research group concentrates on studies related to interstellar dust in our galaxy and nearby galaxies (and sometimes even further away!). This group is lead by Karl Gordon and is based at STScI. Current group research concentrates on observations of nearby galaxies (SMC, LMC, M31, M33, and other local universe galaxies) mainly Spitzer IR observations) and dust radiative transfer (using the (DIRTY code).

Group Members

Martha Boyer, since 2009 (postdoc)
Julia Duval, since 2009 (fellow staff member, was postdoc, 2009-2011)
Ka-Hei Law, since 2008 (grad student)
Brandon Lawton, since 2008 (fellow staff member, was postdoc, 2008-2011)
Denise Smith, since 2009 (fellow staff member)
Megan Sosey, since 2011 (fellow staff member)

Past Group Members

Arpit Gupta, 2008-2009 (grad student)
Zsofia Nagy, summer 2009 (undergrad student, STScI Intern)