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Teaching Support Administrator
Work Phone: 416-978-2528
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Categories: Staff
Supervisor: Marten van Kerkwijk
Work Phone: 416-978-2609
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Categories: Graduate Students
Professor, CITA
Interstellar matter, H2: collisional rate ceofficients, Canadian Galactic Plane Survey, infrared imaging: HiRes, MSX and SIRTF, H II regions: Orion, structure, dynamics and chemical abundances, dust: interstellar polarization.Ph.D. 1972, Cambridge
Categories: Faculty
Graduate Associate Chair, Professor
Star formation: Protostellar disks, molecular clouds, energy feedback Stellar explosions: Supernovae, gamma ray burstsPh.D. 1999, Berkeley
Biographical Info
I study astrophysical fluid dynamics with an emphasis on star formation, stellar feedback in the interstellar medium, accretion, and explosive transients, using analytical studies, numerical simulations, and observations. Recent projects include ways to constrain the interactions between star clusters and galaxies, models for star cluster feedback in starburst galaxies, a catalog of young giant star clusters, long-duration modeling of stellar tidal disruptions, new models for supernova shocks and the dynamics of gamma-ray bursts, simulations of massive black hole accretion, fragmentation criteria in star and planet formation, models for protostellar outflows and their interaction with molecular clouds, and models for giant molecular cloud evolution.
Categories: Faculty
Updated 3 months ago.
Supervisor: Bryan Gaensler
Work Phone: 416-946-583
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Categories: Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Carlberg
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Website: http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~meiron/
Categories: Post Docs
Updated 11 months ago.
Associate Professor, CPS Director, UTSC
Theoretical Astrophysics, Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Extrasolar Planets.Ph.D. 1999, Paris
Work Phone: 416-946-4045
Home Phone: 416-208-5060
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Website: http://individual.utoronto.ca/kmenou
Biographical Info
My primary research interest in theoretical astrophysics is the study of the structure and evolution of planets, accretion discs and stars. The fluid dynamics of these objects is a topic I particularly enjoy exploring, through a combination of analytical and numerical simulation work.
Categories: Faculty
Associate Professor, Emeritus
Binary stars, instrumentation, stellar spectroscopyPh.D. 1977, British Columbia
Biographical Info
Development and operation of instruments for small satellites such as BRITE Constellation. Properties and evolution of contact binary stars. Techniques for accurate computation of light curves and spectral line profiles of close binary stars, including previously neglected numerical and relativistic effects. Spectroscopy of late-type stars, their rotation and variation
Categories: Faculty
Undegradute Associate Chair, Professor
Experimental astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation (IR and optical),compact objects (black holes, neutron stars, and X-ray binaries), supernovae and GRBs, supernova remnants, highly-obscured hard X-ray sourcesPh.D Cornell, 2004
Biographical Info
My research interest lies primarily in experimental astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation, along with observational studies of various objects. I’ve developed instruments, especially infrared spectrographs (e.g., WIFIS, NIRES, MOSMAS), and am interested in advancing novel devices (e.g., polarization gratings) and techniques for astronomical applications. Observationally, I am more interested in objects with high-energy phenomena, such as supernovae and supernova remnants (both stellar and gaseous), optical transients, ultra-luminous X-ray sources and massive stars.
Categories: Faculty
Updated 3 months ago.
Professor, CITA
Non-linear dynamics, planetary dynamics, solar physics, galaxy formation, active galactic nuclei.Ph.D. 1986, Berkeley
Categories: Faculty