Gerard Williger

 
I am an associate professor in the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy  at the University of Louisville . 
E-mail: williger (-at-) physics dot louisville dot edu
Office: Natural Science Bldg #206,  tel. 502/852-0821, fax 502/852-0742. 
Here are driving directions and a map of main campus
(on which we are in Bldg 34). I am also a member of the
Institute for Computational and Astrophysical Sciences at the
Catholic University of America, and worked as a Prof. des Universities and currently guest-lecture and visit often
the Obs. de la Côte d'Azur, at Lab. Lagrange, Univ. de Nice, France.

I frequently help to organize the annual Bullitt Lecture in Astronomy, with this year's edition
held on Thu Oct. 11, 2012, in the Gheens Science Hall
and Rauch Planetarium.  Kris Stanek (Ohio State) is our featured speaker,
and will discuss "Measuring the Size and Age of the Universe".

Here is my interview on NPR's Science Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 on the colossal Large Quasar Group
found by Roger Clowes and collaborators.

Main Interests:

•     Large Scale Structure
•     Quasar Absorption Lines
•     HeII Gunn-Peterson Effect
•     D/H in the interstellar medium
•     Proto-planetary Disks
  
•     Data Mining (SDSS and other ground-based/space-based)
  

Outside Research Groups:

•     Large Quasar Groups (public page)
  
•     Large Quasar Groups (collaborator page, password-protected)
•     Large Quasar Groups (team page)
  
•     Lyman Alpha Blobs and their Filaments
•     Proto-Planetary Disks

Louisville Research Group:
Jim Lauroesch, Assistant Professor (collaborator)
Lutz Haberzettl, post-doc
Jeremy Hornbeck, graduate student


Former students:
Brian Carpenter, graduate student 2005-2007
Karen Collins, graduate student 2006-2009 - publications
Wes Miller, undergraduate student - publications

Short CV

A popular description of some of what I do

FUSE links (password-protected):

D/H team page
D/H target index
postscript spectral plots for D/H FUSE programs
 

Teaching/Summer Internship Suggestions/Career Advice

Publications/Conference proceedings/Press Releases

Popular Topics/Links/Popular Press Articles (including on our research)

Portal to the Universe: International Year of Astronomy 2009 (400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope)

Louisville Astronomers' View of 40th Anniversary of First Manned Lunar Landing: Tim Dowling & Gerry Williger

Popular Astronomy Talks and Talk Archive at U. Louisville

Regional Astronomy-related Seminars

Physics/Astronomy Departments in Big East/U Louisville Benchmark Institutions

Journal/Preprint Links

I am also the Louisville chapter advisor for Mortar Board

Observatories

Useful data

• Physical and Atomic Data

Computer tools

Links (Magyar/Deutsch/Francais, Magyar Egyhaz)