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I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomy at The Ohio State University. For the 2012/2013 academic year I am on Faculty Professional Leave at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.

My research interests include the formation and evolution of galaxies, the evolution of supermassive black holes, particularly as active galactic nuclei (AGN), and instrumentation for telescopes. I am presently working on the interplay between dust, molecular gas, and star formation in nearby galaxies, as well as studying the impact of the intracluster medium on the evolution of galaxies in clusters. Two key questions I have addressed in my earlier research are how AGN are fueled and the lifetime of AGN.

My instrumentation work has included the PANIC near-infrared camera for Magellan, the MMIRS near-infrared multi-slit spectrograph for the MMT and Magellan telescopes, and the OSMOS multi-object spectrograph and R4K Camera for MDM. I am presently working on the KOSMOS and COSMOS spectrographs for Kitt Peak National Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, respectively, and the MODS spectrograph for LBT.

Mini Bio

I am originally from the great city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where I graduated from Central High School and Temple University (with a year studying abroad at the Universität Hamburg).

After college I attended graduate school at The Ohio State University and enjoyed postdoctoral fellowships as a Carnegie Fellow at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and as a Clay Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Here is my Academic Genealogy.

Teaching

Astronomy 161: Introduction to Solar System Astronomy [Winter 2012]

Select Previous Courses

Astronomy 869: Observational Cosmology and Active Galactic Nuclei [Winter Quarter 2011]
Astronomy 161: Introduction to Solar System Astronomy [Winter Quarter 2010]
Astronomy 830: Observed Properties of Stars and Galaxies [Autumn Quarter 2008]
Astronomy 890: Astronomical Instrumentation [Spring Quarter 2008]

I also organize the Astronomy Department's Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

Review Articles

Why does Low-Luminosity AGN Fueling Remain an Unsolved Problem?

invited review in "The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei," Proc. IAU 222 (Gramado, Brazil), eds. Th. Storchi Bergmann, L.C. Ho, H.R. Schmitt, (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), 235 [pdf]

QSO Lifetimes

invited review in "Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1: Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies," ed. L. C. Ho (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), 170 [pdf]

Select Recent Publications

The Origin of Dust in Early-Type Galaxies and Implications for Accretion onto Supermassive Black Holes

Paul Martini, Daniel Dicken, and Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann 2013, ApJ, 766, 121 [pdf]

The Cluster and Field Galaxy AGN Fraction at z = 1 to 1.5: Evidence for a Reversal of the Local Anticorrelation Between Environment and AGN Fraction

Paul Martini, Eric Miller, Mark Brodwin, et al. 2013, ApJ, 768, 1 [pdf]

The Mass-Metallicity Relation with the Direct Method on Stacked Spectra of SDSS Galaxies

Brett Andrews and Paul Martini, 2013, ApJ, 765, 140 [pdf | Video]

The Lifetime and Powers of FRIIs in Galaxy Clusters

Joe Antognini, Jonathan Bird and Paul Martini, 2012, ApJ, 756, 116 [pdf | video ]

Properties of Bulgeless Disk Galaxies: II. Star Formation as a Function of Circular Velocity

Linda C. Watson, Paul Martini, et al. 2012, ApJ, 751, 123 [pdf| video ]

Measurement of the Mass and Stellar Population Distribution in M82 with the Large Binocular Telescope

Johnny P. Greco, Paul Martini, and Todd A. Thompson, 2012, ApJ, 757, 24 [pdf | video]

A Multi-Wavelength Study of Low Redshift Clusters of Galaxies. II. Environmental Impact on Galaxy Growth

David Atlee and Paul Martini, 2012, ApJ, 761, 114 [pdf]

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Useful Astronomical Data

Mask Design Software: MMS for MODS and OMS for OSMOS

PhD Program in Astronomy at 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.

Last updated: 23 February 2013