Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Physics and Astronomy | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2017 | Classification of Massive Stars Based on their X-ray Spectra |
NASA | |
Role: Primary Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Huenemoerder, Nichols | |
$44,999 | |
2017 | Legacy HETG Spectrum of a Massive Star |
NASA | |
Colleague(s): Waldron (PI), Nichols, Huenemoerder, Moffat, Naze, Richardson, Oskinova, Hamann, Miller, Lauer, Dahmer, Gayley, Ramiaramantsoa, Shenar | |
$230,897 | |
2016 | The Wind Variability in Oscillating Massive Stars |
NASA | |
Colleague(s): Oskinova (PI), Balona, Hamann, Hubrig, Huenemoerder, Massa, Prinja, Todt | |
$42,426 | |
2016 | Time Resolved Echelle Spectroscopy of Massive Stars at the SARA Observatory |
National Science Foundation | |
Colleague(s): Petit (PI), Batcheldor, Henson | |
$417,399 | |
2016 | Using the Sharp Chandra's Eyes to Find a Neutron Star Lurking in the Wind of WR 124 |
NASA | |
Colleague(s): Oskinova (PI), Toala, Torrejon, Hainich, Hamann, Chu, Guerrero | |
$26,500 |
Honors and Awards
- 2005 - ETSU Basler Fellow
- 2008 - Marsico Short Term Visiting Scholar
- 2009 - ETSU Distinguished Research Award for the College of Arts & Sciences
- 2016 - ETSU Distinguished Research Award for the College of Arts & Sciences
Courses
- Senior Thesis
- Independent Study
- Statics: Calculus-Based Engineering Course
- General Physics II
- General Physics I Lab
- Physics Seminar
- Electricity & Magnetism
- Astrophysics
- General Physics II
- General Physics I
- Research Methods
- Astronomy II
- Astronomy I
1996 | PhD, Astronomy, University of Wisconsin | |
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1994 | MS, Physics, University of Wisconsin | |
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1993 | MS, Astronomy, University of Wisconsin | |
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1991 | BS, Astronomy, Indiana University | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 70589
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Yoakley Hall Room 131
Phone: 423-439-6073
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