| Address: | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| University of Alabama | |
| Box 870324 | |
| Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 | |
| Phone: | (205) 348-1641 |
| Fax: | (205) 348-5051 |
| Dept.: | (205) 348-5050 |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Birthplace: | Jackson, Mississippi |
| Birthdate: | 22 September 1957 |
| 1996- | Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
| 1991-1996 | Associate professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama |
| 1987-1991 | Assistant professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama |
| 1985-1987 | Senior research astronomer, Sterrewacht Leiden, Netherlands |
| 1982-1985 | Research associate, Kitt Peak National Observatory |
| 1981 | Teaching assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 1978-1981 | NSF Graduate Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 2006-2009 | Arts and Sciences Leadership Board Fellow |
| 2014 | College of Arts and Sciences "How College is Meant to Be" award |
| 2017 | UA Blackburn Advisor award |
| 2019 | Royal Astronomical society Group Achievement Award to Galaxy Zoo team |
| Affiliations: | American Astronomical Society |
| Astronomical Society of the Pacific | |
| International Astronomical Union |
| 1988-95 | Committee on Employment, American Astronomical Society |
| 1989 | Chair, Local Organizing Committee, IAU Colloquium 124, "Paired and Interacting Galaxies" |
| 1989 | NASA ROSAT Peer Review Panel (Active Galactic Nuclei) |
| 1990 | Visiting Astronomer, USSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1991 | NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Proposal Review Panel (Active Galaxies) |
| 1992 | American Institute of Physics, panel on status of English translations of Russian astronomy journals |
| 1992-95 | Kitt Peak National Observatory, Users' Committee |
| 1993 | NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Proposal Review Panel (Active Galaxies) |
| 1993 | NASA ROSAT Peer Review Panel (HRI Extragalactic) |
| 1993 | NASA Astro-2 review panel (extragalactic, Chair) |
| 1994 | NASA Astrophysics Data Program review (panel chair) |
| 1996 | Organizing committee for meeting at Lowell Observatory, "The Role of Small Telescopes in Modern Astronomy" |
| 1995-7 | NASA Infrared Telescope Allocation Committee |
| 1996 | NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Proposal Review Panel |
| 1997 | NASA - ROSAT Peer Review Panel (Chair, Galaxies) |
| 1998 | NASA - AXAF cycle 1 review panel |
| 1998-9 | STARLITE far-UV shuttle payload scientific team |
| 2000-2 | National Optical Astronomy Observatories telescope allocation panel |
| 2002 | NASA MIDEX review committee |
| 2002-5 | Publications Board, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| 2002 | NASA FUSE cycle 4 review panel |
| 2003 | NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Proposal Review Panel (cycle 12) |
| 2003 | NASA - NASA Astrophysics Data Program/Long-Term Space Astrophysics Review Panel (Normal galaxies, Chair) |
| 2004 | NASA Astronomy and Physics Senior Review Panel |
| 2004 | NASA Chandra Review Panel (Chair, AGN) |
| 2004 | NASA FUSE cycle 6 review panel (chair, extragalactic) |
| 2005- | Editorial Board, Praxis Publishing |
| 2006 | NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Proposal Review Panel (cycle 15) |
| 2006 | NASA "Universe" Senior Review Panel |
| 2006-7 | Graduate Faculty Affiliate, University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| 2006-7 | NASA FUSE Observer's Committee |
| 2007 | National Science Foundation proposal review panel |
| 2010 | NASA - NASA Astrophysics Data Analysis Program review (panel chair, normal galaxies) |
| 2014 | NASA K2 GO 2014 proposal review panel |
| 2016 | NASA - Hubble Space Telescope proposal review panel (cycle 23) |
| 2017 | NASA - NASA Astrophysics Data Program Review Panel |
| 2017 | van Biesbroeck Award Committee, American Astronomical Society |
| 2018 | Local Organizing Committee, "Galactic Rings" meeting" |
Students I've advised:
Other thesis and dissertation committees I've served on:
Students I've supervised under the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at UA:
Grant funding: (cumulative $1,277,865)
50. The UV Attenuation in the JWST Target VV191 (NASA:STScI), $19,004, 1/1/19
49. Dusty dwarf galaxies occulting a bright background spiral (NASA:STScI), $19,451, 5/1/18
48. Low redshift Lyman-alpha blobs (NASA:STScI), $24,442, 5/1/2018-18-3/31/2021.
47. Low redshift Lyman-alpha blobs (NASA:STScI), $18,816, 7/1/2017-6/30/2020.
46. Merger-Free Co-Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxies (NASA:STScI), $16,998, 1/1/2017-12/31/2018.
45. Starlight Reduction through Observations of Multiple Occulting Galaxies (STARSMOG) (NASA:STScI), $44,728, 4/1/2015-current.
44. Mapping the Radiative and kinetic Histories of Fading AGN, (NASA/STScI), $18,296, 4/1/2015-current.
43. Citizen Discoveries of Monster Clouds around Active Galaxies (NASA: STScI EPO supplement), $5,000, 4/1/2011-3/31/2014
42. WFC3 Imaging of z=6 QSO hosts: zooming on on the first L>L* Galaxies and their Surroundings, NASA/STScI, $11,532
41. Giant Ionized Clouds Around Local AGN - Obscuration and History, PI, NASA/STScI, $72,210, 4/1/2011-current
40. Webcomic - the Quest for Hanny's Voorwerp, PI, NASA-Space Telecope Science Institute Education/Public Outreach supplement, PI, $19938, 4/15/2010-1/2014
39. A quasar light echo in the local Universe?, PI, NASA-Space Telescope Science Institute, $33547, 4/15/2010-4/14/2014
38. Measuring the Ultraviolet Extinction in Galaxies with Backlighting, PI, NASA Astrophysics Data Program, $70,628, 1/15/2010-current
37. Dust Disks and the Evolution of S0 Galaxies, co-I, NASA-Chandra Guest Observer Program, $65633, 12/2007-1/2014
36. Can Active Galactic Nuclei Obscuration Resolve the X-ray Background Hardness Problem? (faculty advisor, NASA Graduate Research Fellowship for Branyon May), $84,000, 8/2006-current
35. Star Formation History in the Richest Clusters of Galaxies, NASA GALEX Guest Investigator program, UA PI, $21,591, current
34. Where have all the Lyman-alpha blobs gone?, NASA GALEX Guest Investigator program, PI, $34,600, current
33. The Nucleus and Environment of a Spiral Galaxy with a Double Radio Source , NASA/SAO Chandra General Observer Project - AO3 , PI, $26,039, 2003-2006
32. Galaxy and Cluster Building at z=2.4, NASA/SAO Chandra General Observer Project - AO2 , co-I, $45,251, current
31. Gravitational Microlensing in the NGC 3314A-B Galaxy Pair, NASA/STScI, co-I, $18,513
30. A Powerful Double Radio Source from a Spiral Galaxy, NASA/STScI, PI, $23,582, start 10/2002
29. Three-Dimensional Structure of Dust in Galaxy Nuclei, NASA/STScI, PI, $44,000, 5/2002-4/2004
28. Where does Lyman alpha Escape from Galaxy Disks?, NASA/STScI, PI, $35,269, HST-GO-8565.01-A, 9/1/2000-8/31/2004
27. NSF large foreign telescopes for NOT obs., $775.33, 1/2000.
26. Nearby Galaxies in the Far-UV: Toward Comparison with High-Redshift Galaxies, PI, $29,600, NASA FUSE program. 2/2000-1/2004
25. Ongoing Mass Transfer in the Galaxy Pair NGC 1409/10, PI, $13,132, NASA/STScI, 8/1999-10/2003
24. A far-ultraviolet imaging spectrograph, PI, $20,000, 1/99-6/99, NASA (through University of Arizona)
23. Do massive star clusters form in young and weak galaxy interactions?, PI, $14,852, 3/99-2/2003, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute)
22. The impact of cluster substructure on galaxies: a case study in Abell 2125, PI, $8,981, 4/99-3/2003, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute)
21. Stellar populations in a cluster of galaxies at z=2.4, PI, $69,600, NASA-ISO support program, 8/98-8/2001
20. The Age and Content of a (Proto)Galaxy Cluster at z=2.4, PI, $39,298, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute), 8/97-12/02
19. Voyager Lyman-alpha and Continuum Observations of M33, PI, $3700, NASA-Astrophysics Data Program, 3/97-2/98
18. WFPC2 Ly-alpha imaging of galaxy clusters at z=2.4: formation from compact sub-galactic clumps?, PI, $5784, 9/96-8/97, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute)
17. Dust structure in backlit galaxies, PI, $50,305, 4/1997-3/2001, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute)
16. Dust emission and absorption in overlapping galaxies, PI, $22,500, 8/15/96-8/14/98 (NASA ISO program) NAG 5-3336
15. WFPC2 B-band and Ly-alpha imaging of a cluster of young galaxies at z=2.40, PI, $11,413, 8/95-9/96, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute)
14. ISM-IGM Interactions and Spiral Disks, PI, $20,000, 6/94-12/96, NASA-ROSAT
13. High-Resolution Imaging of a Collapsing Galaxy, co-I, $18,496, 5/94-8/96, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute)
12. Systematic Studies of sub-kpc Light Profiles of Distant Radio Galaxies and their Surroundings", PI, $19,323, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute),6/93-5/95
11. Obscuration and Age Effects in Starburst Galactic Nuclei, PI, $14,000, NASA (International Ultraviolet Explorer program) 12/92-12/94
10. Evolution of the UV Spectra of Early-Type Galaxies out to z=0.7, co-PI, UA share $49,348, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute), 7/92-6/93
9. WF/PC Studies of Very High Redshift Elliptical Radio Galaxies: The Morphological Evolution of Giant Ellipticals at z=0.4-2.5, co-I with PI at Arizona State, UA share $25,236, NASA (through Space Telescope Science Institute), 9/91-8/92
8. Image Restoration in Optical Astronomy, W.C. Keel and J.W. Sulentic, $14,000, Cray Research Corp., 1/91-12/91
7. Support for travel to USSR 6-meter telescope, $1246, NSF (Large Foreign Telescopes program), 2/91
6. Comparison of Nearby and High-Redshift Radio Galaxies, P.I., $5000, NASA (IUE program) 10/90-9/91
5. The Role of Optical-UV Obscuration in Starburst Galaxies, P.I., $25,133, NASA (Astrophysics Data Program) 6/90-6/91
4. IAU Colloquium 124, Paired and Interacting Galaxies,$3,000, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 12/89
3. Comparison of Nearby and High-Redshift Radio Galaxies, P.I., $10,100, NASA, (IUE program) 10/89-9/90
2. IAU Colloquium 124, Paired and Interacting Galaxies, to J.W. Sulentic and W.C. Keel, $7,000, NSF. Seed funds ($4,000) were provided by the IAU and matched by EPSCoR for this as well. A supplemental request to the NSF rupee fund was supported at the equivalent of $10,884. 12/89
1. Cray Research Corp., "Simulating Quasar Activity in Interacting Galaxies", co-P.I.'s G.G. Byrd and W.C. Keel, $18,000. 1/89-12/89
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Last changes: April 2021