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ADS | astro-ph

Phone: (512) 471-3425
Office: RLM 17.220  ·  mailing address
Email: dtj@astro.as.utexas.edu


Research

Infrared spectroscopy of protostars and star forming clouds; submillimeter observations of interstellar gas, star formation regions, and protostars; physics of the dense interstellar medium; instrumentation for infrared spectroscopy.
Instruction
  • AST 301: Introduction to Astronomy (Fall 2009)
  • AST 398T: Supervised Teaching in Astronomy (Fall 2009)
  • AST 393S: Seminar in Interstellar Matter (Spring 2009)
  • AST 301: Introduction to Astronomy (Fall 2008)
  • AST 351: Astronomical Instrumentation (Fall 2008)
  • AST 307: Introductory Astronomy (Spring 2008)
  • AST 393S: Seminar in Interstellar Matter (Spring 2008)
  • AST 301: Introduction to Astronomy (Fall 2007)
  • AST 104: Undergrad Astronomy Seminar (Fall 2007)
  • AST 393F: Survey of the Interstellar Medium (Spring 2007)
  • AST 351: Astronomical Instrumentation (Fall 2006)
  • AST 101L: Astronomy Discovery Lab (Fall 2006)
  • AST 392J: Astronomical Instrumentation (Fall 2006)
  • AST 392J: Astronomical Instrumentation (Spring 2006)
  • AST 393S: Seminar in Interstellar Matter (Spring 2006)
  • AST 352K: Stellar Astronomy (Fall 2005)
  • AST 152M: Stellar Astronomy Lab (Fall 2005)
  • AST 351: Astronomical lnstrumentation (Spring 2005)
  • AST 307: Introductory Astronomy (Fall 2004)
  • AST 307: Introductory Astronomy (Spring 2004)
  • AST 392J: Astronomical Instrumentation (Fall 2003)
  • AST 351: Astronomical lnstrumentation (Spring 2003)
  • AST 301: Introduction to Astronomy (Fall 2002)
  • AST 393S: Seminar in Interstellar Matter
  • AST 351: Astronomical Instrumentation (Spring 2001)
  • AST 309: Invisible Universe
  • AST 307: Introductory Astronomy - for Science and Engineering Majors (Spring 2000)
  • AST 302: Self-Paced Introduction to Astronomy
  • AST 301: Introduction to Astronomy (Spring 1999)
Education

B.A., Harvard University, 1975
M.A., Harvard University, 1978
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1981

Awards

1989 Packard Foundation Fellowship