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I am a professor in the Department of Astronomy of The Ohio State University.

My Research:

See my CV.

See the "word cloud" composed from the titles of my refereed papers.

See my Research Map.

Catalog of Supernovae - paper by J. Prieto et al. (2008, ApJ, 673, 999)

November 2011

See my Quotes.

See also the Research Map of OSU astronomy faculty.

See also the "word cloud" composed from the titles of all 2009 papers written by the members of the OSU Astronomy Department.

OSU graduate students I work with now:

Rubab Khan Ben Shappee Rebecca Stoll

and worked in the past:

Jose Prieto Jonathan Bird Calen Henderson David Nataf Molly Peeples Ondrej Pejcha Josh Pepper

PhD Program in Astronomy at the Ohio State University

At the Department of Astronomy of The Ohio State University we offer a unique PhD program with a very strong emphasis on research. Our graduating students have typically authored or co-authored 7-12 refereed journal articles by the time they complete the program, in addition to numerous conference papers and abstracts. Our 1st- and 2nd-year students are already active researchers, publishing papers, attending conferences, giving talks, going on observing runs, and working in the instrument lab. Cick here for more information.

See my advice on: How to choose a graduate program in astronomy: advice from the other side.

See my paper on: How long should an astronomical paper be to increase its Impact?

See my paper on: Are astronomical papers with more authors cited more?

Some of the press releases based on my and my collaborators research:

In a Star's Final Days, Astronomers Hunt "Signal of Impending Doom" (November 2011).

Giant Star Goes Supernova -- And Is Smothered By Its Own Dust (October 2010).

To 300 Million Light Years, And Beyond! A New Way To Measure Cosmic Distances (June 2009).

Two New Star Systems Are First Of Their Kind Ever Found (March 2008).

Astronomers Crunch Numbers, Universe Gets Bigger (August 2006).

Deadly Astronomical Event Not Likely To Happen In Our Galaxy, Study Finds (April 2006).

Case of Sedna's Missing Moon Solved (April 2005).

Double Stars Emerge As New Heavyweight Champions (May 2004).

Historic GRB Discovery (June 2003).

Culprit Caught in Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery (May 2002).

Little Giants Create A Big Cosmic Controversy (January 2000).

Many of these press releases have generated a good amount of press coverage, too much to list here, but if interested, you should be able to find some of these press stories (like this one or this one) using Google.

Teaching:

Astronomy A292: Stellar, Galactic, & Extragalactic Astronomy (Winter 2012)

Astronomy A350: Methods of Astronomical Observation & Data Analysis (Winter 2011)

Astronomy A161: Introduction to the Solar System (Autumn 2009)

Astronomy H162: - Introduction to Stellar, Galactic, & Extragalactic Astronomy (Spring 2009)

Selected astronomical links:

Some astro links, including:

astro-ph

ADS

SIMBAD

AAS

Astronomy Picture of the Day