B.S. Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester, 1986 B.A. Mathematics, University of Rochester, 1986 M.S. Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 1988 Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 1995
Research Areas
Astronomy / Astrophysics
Current Research
The study of the elemental abundances and physical conditions in the Interstellar Medium of the Milky Way and other Galaxies both near ( 1 Gpc), and how these may relate to forming planetary-star systems. The elemental abundances in QSO absorption line systems, the physical conditions in the Magellanic Clouds (the largest satellites of the Milky Way), the structure of the interstellar gas within 100 pc of the Sun, and star-forming systems.
Publications:
Early-type stars observed in the ESO UVES Paranal Observatory Project - V. Time-variable interstellar absorption McEvoy, Catherine M.; Smoker, Jonathan V.; Dufton, Philip L.; Smith, Keith T.; Kennedy, Michael B.; Keenan, Francis P.; Lambert, David L.; Welty, Daniel E.; Lauroesch, James T. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 451, Issue 2, p.1396-1412
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Sub-damped Lyα Absorbers at z < 0.5, and Implications for Galaxy Chemical Evolution Som, Debopam; Kulkarni, Varsha P.; Meiring, Joseph; York, Donald G.; Péroux, Celine; Lauroesch, James T.; Aller, Monique C.; Khare, Pushpa, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 806, Issue 1, article id. 25, 22 pp. (2015)
Variability of Disk Emission in Pre-main Sequence and Related Stars. III. Exploring Structural Changes in the Pre-transitional Disk in HD 169142 Wagner, Kevin R.; Sitko, Michael L.; Grady, Carol A.; Swearingen, Jeremy R.; Champney, Elizabeth H.; Johnson, Alexa N.; Werren, Chelsea; Whitney, Barbara A.; Russell, Ray W.; Schneider, Glenn H.; Momose, Munetake; Muto, Takayuki; Inoue, Akio K.; Lauroesch, James T.; Hornbeck, Jeremy; Brown, Alexander; Fukagawa, Misato; Currie, Thayne M.; Wisniewski, John P.; Woodgate, Bruce E. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 798, Issue 2, article id. 94, 15 pp. (2015).