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. Click here for more information.

Watch the OSU Astronomy "Coffee Briefs" videos made by our students.

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

``Assassin'' Targets Supernovae in Our Neighborhood of the Universe (January 2015).

Lucky Star Escapes Black Hole With Minor Damage (October 2014).

Could a Milky Way Supernova Be Visible from Earth in Next 50 Years? (November 2013).

Astronomers Pin Down Origins of "Mile Markers" for Expansion of Universe (November 2012).

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.

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Teaching:

Astronomy 1140: - Planets and the Solar System (Spring 2015)

Astronomy 8873: - Cosmology (Spring 2014)

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)

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Miscellaneous:

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?

See my Quotes.

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Some other astronomy-related activities:

I gave the 2012 Bullitt Lecture in Astronomy: you can see it on YouTube (October 2012)

I was a Celebrity Cruises/Smithsonian Journeys "Beyond the Podium" speaker on four Celebrity cruises: Solstice/Mediterranean in June 2011, Constellation/Mediterranean in September 2011, Silhouette/Caribbean in April 2012 and "Around Cape Horn" cruise on Infinity in March 2013. Smithsonian-Celebrity Cruises collaboration stopped in 2013, but if you need a speaker on your cruise, feel free to e-mail me.

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Selected astronomical links:

Astronomy Picture of the Day         Astrophysics Job Rumor Mill

Harvard University, Department of Astronomy: my first faculty job (2001-2005).
Hubble Fellowship: my second postdoc (1999-2000).
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA Fellowship: my first postdoc (1996-99).
Princeton University Observatory, where I went to the grad school (1992-96).

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This homepage is maintained by Krzysztof Z. Stanek. January 2015