E-mail: bushouse@stsci.edu
Phone: 1-410-338-4530
FAX: 1-410-338-4767

Professional Interests

• Interacting and starburst galaxies
• The Galactic Center and Sgr A*
• Astronomical Data Reduction/Analysis Software and Techniques

Recent papers

• ALMA Observations of the Galactic Center: SiO Outflows and High MASS Star Formation near Sgr A*. ApJ in press (2013)
• A 3pc Scale Jet-Driven Outflow from Sgr A*. ApJ Letters 758 L11 (2012)
• An Inverse Compton Scattering Origin of X-ray Flares from Sgr A*. AJ 144 1 (2012)
• The Size Evolution of Passive Galaxies: Observations from the Wide Field Camera 3 Early Release Science Program. ApJ 749 53 (2012)
• HST Observations of the Stellar Distribution Near Sgr A*. ApJ 744 24 (2012)
• The Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 Early Release Science data: Panchromatic Faint Object Counts for 0.2-2 microns wavelength. ApJ Supp 193 27 (2011)
• Massive Star Formation of the Sgr A East HII Regions Near the Galactic Center. ApJ 725 1429 (2010)
• Occultation of the Quiescent Emission from Sgr A* by IR Flares. ApJ Letters 724 L9 (2010)
• Simultaneous Multi-Wavelength Observations of Sgr A* During 2007 April 1-11. ApJ 706 348 (2009)

Duties at STScI

• Title: Scientist/Senior Scientific Programmer
• Division/branch: Operations and Engineering Division/ Science Software Branch

Previous positions

• 1990-1993: Staff Scientist with Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC); working for the IUE project, designing and prototyping the IUE Final Archive pipeline data reduction software, "NEWSIPS".
• 1988-1990: Lindheimer Fellow at the Northwestern University department of Physics and Astronomy.
• 1986-1988: NRC; research associate at the NASA Ames Research Center in the Space Science Division.

Education

• Grand Haven Christian School, 1973.
• Western Michigan Christian High School, 1976.
• B.A. in Physics, Calvin College, 1980.
• M.S. in Astronomy, U. of Illinois, 1982.
• Ph.D. in Astronomy, U. of Illinois, 1986.

Personal Info

Family:

Married Patricia Vos on 31 July 1982, and have 3 children - Matthew (age 25), Elizabeth (age 22), and Michelle (age 17).

Hobbies:

I love music and movies, and have always enjoyed playing around with the technology that allows me to experience them at home. I've also had an avid interest in theatrical lighting since my days as a lighting technician at the Calvin College Fine Arts Center. For 20 years I did lighting for the Glenn Bulthuis and the Tonedeafs concerts at Calvin, and now I continue to do it for National Christian Choir concerts (in which my wife sings) and for the annual WCA drama productions.

Community:

Former President and member of the Board of Directors of Washington Christian Academy, where my children have gone to school.