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Harriet Dinerstein
Professor

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Studies of chemical abundances and physical conditions in H II regions and planetary nebulae through optical and infrared spectroscopy; infrared studies of dust emission in regions of star formation, planetary nebulae, and supernova remnants.

Address
harriet dinerstein The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Astronomy
RLM 16.324
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 471-3449
harriet@astro.as.utexas.edu

Education
B.S., Yale University, 1975
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1980

Instruction
AST 307: Introductory Astronomy (Fall 2008)
AST 352K: Stellar Astronomy (Fall 2007)
AST 307: Introductory Astronomy (Fall 2007)
AST 185C: Conference on Modern Astronomy (Fall 2007)
AST 352K: Stellar Astronomy (Fall 2006)
AST 185C: Conference on Modern Astronomy (Fall 2006)
AST 393S: Seminar in Interstellar Matter (Fall 2006)
AST 301: Introduction to Astronomy (Spring 2006)
AST 393S: Seminar in Interstellar Matter (Spring 2006)
AST 309N: Lives and Deaths of the Stars (Fall 2005)
AST 185C: Conference on Modern Astronomy (Fall 2005)
AST 393F: Survey of Interstellar Medium (Spring 2005)


Awards
1989 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy (American Astronomical Society)
1984 Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy (American Association of University Women/American Astronomical Society)

Articles and Poster Papers
Employment Histories of Recent Astronomy Ph.D. Graduates from the University of Texas at Austin
(Poster presented at the 189th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 12-16 January 1997, Toronto, Canada.)


 






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