Astronomy and astrophysics. Professor Sulentic is an observational astronomer interested in the properties of galaxies and quasars. He makes use of ground- and space-based data at radio, lR, and optical wavelengths. His current studies include investigation of the enhanced emission from galaxies in pairs and multiplets. This work focuses on establishing the strength of the excess emission and studying its correlation with the optical morphology of the galaxies. Professor Sulentic has also used galaxy groups to test the redshift-distance relation. He is also investigating properties of the broad emission lines in quasars
and other active galactic nuclei. He is attempting to quantify the domain of line profile properties in all types of AGN, and then to use the line profile parameters to constrain models of the structure and kinematics of AGN central structure. 

Professor Sulentic received his doctoral degree from SUNY-Albany in 1975. He joined the faculty at The University of Alabama in 1980. 

Recent Publications:

"The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies - II. Morphological refinement", Astronomy & Astrophysics in press (2006)  (with L. Verdes-Montenegro et al.) - astro-ph/0511652; AMIGA project website: www.iaa.es/AMIGA.html

"VLT/ISAAC spectra of the Hbeta region in intermediate redshift quasars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 423, 121 (2004) (with G. Stirpe et al.)

"Radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei in the Context of the Eigenvector 1 Parameter Space", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 597, 17 (2003) (with S. Zamfir et al.) 

"A Multiwavelength Study of Stephan's Quintet", Astronomical Journal, 122, 2993 (2001)
(with M. Rosado et al.)

"Phenomenology of Broad Emission Lines in Active Galactic Nuclei", Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 38, 521 (2000) (with P. Marziani  and D. Dultzin-Hacyan) - Click here for an Eigevector1 Parameter Space Introduction