Mitchell Revalski

Dr. Mitchell Revalski is currently a Senior Staff Scientist on the Wide Field Camera 3 team for Hubble where he leads the DrizzlePac Help Desk. His functional work includes instrument calibration projects related to detector saturation, Point Spread Function (PSF) modeling, and maintaining the HST notebook repository. Dr. Revalski joined STScI as a postdoctoral researcher in 2019, where he worked with Dr. Marc Rafelski to study the properties of ionized gas in and around galaxies at cosmic noon. He utilized deep spectroscopy and imaging obtained with Hubble and MUSE to investigate the mass-metallicity relationship (MZR) for low-mass galaxies in the MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF). 

Previously, Dr. Revalski was an NSF graduate research fellow at Georgia State University where he completed his dissertation on the properties of AGN outflows. He used spatially-resolved spectroscopy and imaging from Hubble, in conjunction with multi-component Cloudy photoionization models, to precisely quantify the energetic impact of narrow line region (NLR) outflows in nearby active galaxies. He has expanded this work at STScI through his HST Cycle 28 imaging program, in order to study a larger sample spanning a broader range of AGN properties. This project has provided key insights into the best practices for determining accurate ionized gas densities, masses, and outflow energetics when using spatially-resolved spectroscopy. 

Finally, Dr. Revalski is passionate about connecting researchers with the resources that they need to succeed when using Hubble observations in their research through workshops, outreach events, and service on the HST Help Desk. Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Revalski with questions.

Education:

PhD in Astronomy, Georgia State University
MS in Physics, Georgia State University
BS in Physics, The College of New Jersey

 

Science Interests:

• Mass Outflows
• Feeding and Feedback
• Narrow Line Regions
• Photoionization Modeling

 

Research Topics: Supermassive Black Holes; Galaxy Formation and Evolution; AGN and Quasars; Astrochemistry; Chemical Abundances 

 

Professional Websites:

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ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4917-7873