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McCormick Science Grant, 2023
Congratulations to graduate student Brooke Kimsey-Miller, who is receiving a McCormick Science Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University. The award provides support while she carries out research with Professor John Salzer.
A New Understanding of the Origin of Hot Jupiter Exoplanets
“Hot Jupiter” exoplanets are among the easiest to find around other stars, but also are the rarest type of exoplanet found in our galaxy. Hot Jupiters have masses comparable or even larger than our own Jupiter but orbit very close to their host stars, often even closer to their stars than Mercury orbits our sun.
Laurin Gray's Paper Accepted for Publication
Graduate student Laurin Gray’s paper “Catching Tidal Dwarf Galaxies at a Later Evolutionary Stage with ALFALFA” has just been accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal.
IU Graduate Chris Agostino's Paper on Low-Redshift AGN
In a paper "A New Physical Picture for Active Galactic Nuclei Lacking Optical Emission Lines" published in the Astrophysical Journal, recent IU graduate Chris Agostino and collaborators assembled the largest sample (~500) so far of low-redshift AGN that were detected in X-rays, but also had optical spectra available.
Exoplanet Peas in a Pod
Graduate student Armaan Goyal, working with Songhu Wang, is exploring the architectures of exoplanet systems. Planets orbiting a given star are often strikingly similar in size and mass, and their distances from the host star are also spaced evenly.
Python for Astronomers 2023
IU Astronomy graduate students hosted a "Python for Astronomers" Crash Course on February 8 for undergraduates interested in astronomy or adjacent sciences.
Armaan Goyal Invited to join the 2023 cohort of Exoplanet Explorers
NASA’s ExoExplorers program focuses on the professional development of graduate student and postdoc researchers at US and international[1] institutions.
AAS Attendees 2023
A great photo of some of our 241st AAS Meeting attendees representing IU.
IU Students Headed to the 241st American Astronomical Society Meeting
A number of our students are headed to this years Astronomical Society Meeting being held in Seattle Washington January 8-12 and we got word that one of our students has already made news headlines.
Recent graduate John Miller Jr Publishes with Prof. Salzer
Recent graduate John Miller Jr, who worked with Professor Salzer during his tenor at IU has published an e-print paper in collaboration with Profesor Salzer.
Dr. Chris Macias Passes Dissertation Defense
IU Astronomy graduate student Chris Macias passes his dissertation defense and complete all degree requirements for his PhD.
IU Astronomy Students Present at GLEAM 2022
IU Astronomy students studying with Professor SongHu Wang participated in the 2022 Great Lakes Exoplanet Area Meeting
Armaan Goyal Published in Astrophysical Journal
Graduate student Armaan Goyal along with Professor Songhu Wang have recently published the results of their research on exoplanets in multiple-planet systems in the Astrophysical Journal.
Dr. Xian-Yu Passes Dissertation Defence
Congratulations to our visiting graduate student Xian-Yu Wang for passing his remote dissertation defense last week in his home institution, the National Astronomical Observatories of China.
Brandon Radzom on Extragalactic X-ray Sources
Congratulations to graduate student Brandon Radzom on the publication of his research on extragalactic X-ray sources discovered with the Chandra X-Ray Telescope.
Justin Kader Publishes First of Three Papers on Globular Clusters
Recent Ph.D. graduate Justin Kader has published the first of three papers on globular clusters in the southern Galactic bulge. In this paper, Justin presents evidence for multiple stellar populations in 14 globular clusters.
Derek Sikorski Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
IU Astronomy's Derek Sikorski has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa (ΦBK) this semester. ΦBK is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the country and only a very select number of students at member institutions are elected annually.
Return to WIYN
During the summer of 2022, Kitt Peak National Observatory was affected by the Contreras Fire, which knocked out power lines and the high-speed network used to transmit data down the mountain.
Professor Liese van Zee part of US delegation regarding scientific use of the radio spectrum
Professor Liese van Zee participated in several meetings of the International Telecommunications Union Radiocommunications Sector (ITU-R) as a member of the US delegations to Working Party 7C, Working Party 7D, and Study Group 7.
Professor John Salzer named 2022 Provost Professor
Congratulations to Astronomy Professor John Salzer, who has been named a 2022 Provost Professor by the campus. Salzer has been a member of the department since 2007.
Interview of Visiting Professor Zack Maas
Visiting Professor Zack Maas has been interviewed by the AAS Journal Author Series for his recent paper The Galactic Distribution of Phosphorus: A Survey of 163 Disk and Halo Stars in collaboration with Keith Hawkins, Natalie Hinkel, Phillip Cargile, IU alumnus Steven Janowiecki, and Tyler Nelson.
IU Astronomy Graduates Participate in STEM Exploration Day
IU Astronomy graduate students participated in the inaugural STEM Exploration Day at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2022. The event attracted thousands of kids and families to share the excitement of science and to highlight successful women in STEM as positive role models.
Dynamics in Star Clusters by Václav Pavlík and Enrico Vesperini
Postdoctoral scholar Václav Pavlík and Enrico Vesperini have recently published their third paper on dynamics in star clusters using computer simulations. Their current work focuses on the influence of an initially radially anisotropic velocity distribution on primordial binaries and mass segregation.
Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science (ERES)
Several graduate students of the IU Astronomy department attended and presented at the 2022 Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science (ERES) Symposium which took place July 31st - August 2nd at Penn State.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program
Madison Markham, of Colgate University, spent 10 weeks working with Professor Liese van Zee and graduate student Laura Hunter analyzing optical spectra of nearby galaxies as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program run by IU's Physics Department.
Samir Salim receives 2022 Trustees Teaching Award
Our own Professor Samir Salim has received a 2022 Trustees Teaching Award based on his outstanding performance in both classroom teaching and mentoring.
Liese van Zee receives the 2022 Mary Burgan Distinguished Service Award
We are thrilled to report that Professor Liese van Zee is receiving the 2022 Mary Burgan Distinguished Service Award for the Indiana University Bloomington campus. The Award recognizes the essential role that faculty play in service to the campus, the community, the state, and the nation.
Star formation creates turbulence
Graduate student Laura Congreve Hunter and collaborators including IU faculty member Liese van Zee have published a study of the timescale over which stellar feedback drives turbulence in the interstellar medium.
Star formation of merging galaxies
Undergraduate student Katherine Zine and her faculty advisor, Samir Salim, have recently published a paper examining systematic effects when spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are used to derive the physical properties of galaxies, particularly merged galaxies.
Exploring the dynamical evolution of stellar populations in globular star clusters
Professor Enrico Vesperini and his students are exploring the dynamical evolution of multiple stellar populations in globular star clusters with funding from the National Science Foundation.
Ionizing radiation from star-forming galaxies
Graduate Student Samantha Brunker and Professor John Salzer were awarded 25 orbits with the Hubble Space telescope to search for ionizing radiation escaping from compact star-forming galaxies in the nearby Universe.
Early dynamics and violent relaxation of multimass rotating star clusters
New Astronomy Publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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