SINGG/SUNGG Team Members |
Name | Affiliation | Role / Expertise |
Prof. Gerhardt Meurer |
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research |
PI; starbursts; Hα, UV observations |
Prof. Ronald Allen |
Space Telescope Science Institute |
HI dissociation; molecular gas; B stars |
Prof. Michael Dopita |
RSAA, The Australian National University |
Star formation, narrow band imaging, theory and integral field spectroscopy |
Dr. Ed Elson |
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research |
Extra-galactic astronomy: star formation and dynamics, HI synthesis observations |
Dr. Henry Ferguson |
Space Telescope Science Institute |
Galaxy surveys; cosmology; selection effects |
Dr. Dan Hanish |
California Institute of Technology |
Cosmic star formation rate density; pipeline software |
Prof. Tim Heckman |
Johns Hopkins University |
Star formation; galactic winds |
Dr. Jonathan Heiner |
Centro de Radioastronomia y Astrofysica |
HII photodissociation, molecular gas, B-stars |
Prof. Robert Kennicutt |
Cambridge University (IoA) University of Arizona |
The star formation law; Hα observations |
Dr. Virginia Kilborn |
Swinburne University |
HI surveys; HI mass function; HI observations |
Dr. Ji Hoon Kim |
CEOU, Seoul National University |
Star formation and stellar populations in nearby galaxies, 2D analysis of SINGG/SUNGG data sets |
Dr. Patricia Knezek |
WIYN Observatory/NOAO |
Star formation and stellar populations in nearby galaxies, optical imaging and H&alpha spectroscopy |
Dr. Baerbel Koribalski |
CSIRO |
Formation and evolution of galaxies, HI distribution & dynamics of nearby galaxies, multi-wavelength analysis of galaxies: gas vs stars, LVHIS, WALLABY |
Dr. Martin Meyer |
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research |
Tully-Fisher relationship; HI surveys; HICAT |
Prof. Mary Putman |
Columbia University |
ISM in galaxy halos; high velocity clouds, isolated HII regions |
Dr. Emma Ryan-Weber |
Swinburne University of Technology |
HI and absorption line systems; intergalactic star formation |
Dr. Mark Seibert |
Carnegie Institution for Science (Observatories) |
UV properties of galaxies and stars |
Dr. Chris Smith |
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory |
Hα observations, HII regions, software |
Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith |
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research |
Galaxy dynamics; HI synthesis observations |
Dr. David Thilker |
Johns Hopkins University |
HII regions; Diffuse Ionized Gas; GALEX observations |
Prof. Rachel Webster |
University of Melbourne |
Galaxy surveys, active galaxies |
Dr. Jessica Werk |
UCO Lick / University of California, Santa Cruz |
Extended star formation |
Dr. O. Ivy Wong |
CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility |
Multi-wavelength star formation studies of nearby galaxies, environmental effects on galaxy evolution. |
Mr. Zheng Zheng |
Johns Hopkins University |
Generation of UV radial profiles for SUNGG galaxies |
Dr. Martin Zwaan |
European Southern Observatory |
The HI mass function; blind HI surveys; cosmology |