Wednesday, October 30, 2013

@AstroCanada for the week of October 28 - Roberto Abraham

Dr. Roberto Abraham is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the University of Toronto. 

He specializes in observational cosmology, mainly focused on galaxy evolution. However, he also enjoys learning about other areas of astrophysics, so at any given time he is probably working on a bunch of other things too. For example, at the moment he is  working with his PhD students to build an instrument to find the first galaxies, and is trying to develop a technique to find protostellar disks in galaxies halfway back to the Big Bang, and is also  exploring the best observational strategies to exploit adaptive optics.

Monday, October 21, 2013

@AstroCanada for the week of October 21 - Michele Bannister

Dr. Michele Bannister is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Research Council Canada in Victoria, BC. The small icy worlds beyond Neptune provide insights into the early history of the Solar System. Michele is interested in understanding how they formed, evolved and reached their present orbits, and in the landforms of their surface ices.

Michele also finds time to write poetry!

Sunday, October 13, 2013

@AstroCanada for the week of October 14 - Pauline Barmby

This week @AstroCanada features Dr. Pauline Barmby. Pauline is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests are in observational extragalactic astronomy, specifically studies of galaxies and star clusters.

In her spare time Pauline enjoys reading science fiction, listening to podcasts, curling and knitting (she says the last is fun to do during long meetings)

Monday, October 07, 2013

@AstroCanada for the week of October 7 - Sarah Gallagher

This week @AstroCanada features Dr. Sarah Gallagher. Sarah is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Western Ontario. Her research focuses on investigating the nature of winds from luminous quasars using observatories from the infrared to the X-ray including NASA's Spitzer and Chandra telescopes in space.