Dr. James Lauroesch

Associate Professors

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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Address:
Natural Science Bldg. 203
University of Louisville
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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Phone:
(502)-852-1394
Fax:
(502)-852-0742
Miscellaneous Information:
Education

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).