Faculty Directory
| Department Chair: Raja Guha Thakurta | Department Manager: Abby Campbell Wong |
| Associate Chair: Ruth Murray-Clay | Graduate Advisor: Lindsay Lauver |
| Associate Chair and Undergraduate Program Director: Jonathan Fortney | Administrative Assistant: Margaret Mattson |
| Graduate Program: Jonathan Fortney | Administrative Assistant, Astrobiology Institute: Deana Tanguay |
- Title
- Professor
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences
- Department
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
- UC Observatories
- Phone 831-459-2135
- Website
- Office Location
- ISB 359
- Mail Stop UCO / Lick Observatory
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Astronomy, Astrophysics
Research Interests
My research examines the nature of gas both within and outside of galaxies, primarily during the first few billion years of the universe. The analysis relies on high resolution spectroscopy of distant, intrinsically bright sources (quasars, gamma-ray bursts). In this manner, we use the absence of light to study the metallicity, molecular fraction, depletion, ionization state, and velocity fields of gas in the young universe....
Biography, Education and Training
PhD 1998, UC San Diego
Carnegie/Hubble Fellow at Carnegie Observatories 1999-2002
UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, Ca 95064
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