Joseph Meiring 
Department of Physics and Astronomy
102 Natural Science Bldg.
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
This is my second order attempt at a web page. Here is my CV. A list of publications from NASA ADS.
Research
Our group is interested in, among other things, the chemical evolution of galaxies. Aside from Hydrogen, Helium, and trace amounts of Lithium; all of the atoms in the earth, your body, the chair that you are sitting in were formed by stars eons ago. Some were created in fusion processes deep inside the centers of stars, and others were created during supernovae explosions. We are interested in studying how these elements get built up, the overall chemical composition of galaxies, and how this changes over time. We use absorption line systems in QSO spectra to study the interstellar medium (ISM) of high redshift galaxies. Here is an illustration of the absorption of light by intervening galaxies.
Another thing that we are interested in are QSO-Galaxy pairs, where a QSO is near the low redshift galaxy that has been visually confirmed. This is an example of a QSO-Galaxy pair. We have been using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to search for galaxies near the line of sight to a QSO. I'm still trying to weasel my way into this project. Lastly, I've done some work in the past, and hope to do more in the future, on circumstellar material. Here is a nice picture of the dusty circumstellar disk of BetPic
About me
I am currently a postdoc at the University of Louisville, in Louisville Kentucky. Born and raised in Sewanee Tennessee, I grew up in Charleston S.C. I did my undergraduate studies at the College of Charleston, and received a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy in 2003.
Here are some pictures of Ockracoke, the dogs, etc.
Am I in town? Check my .plan file. . .