Gregory A. Shields

	Department of Astronomy	RLM 15.220
	Campus mail code: C1400	Office Hours: TuTh 10-11, W 3-4
	University of Texas	(512) 471-1402
	Austin, TX 78712	E-mail: shields@astro.as.utexas.edu

Welcome to my homepage. I am the Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor in Astronomy, and I have been at UT since 1974. My main research interests are Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and H II regions. My work is largely theoretical, but I am involved in observing programs with the telescopes at McDonald Observatory and the Keck Observatory and studies using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In recent years I have concentrated on quasars and their black holes, binary quasars, and chemical abundances in galaxies.

In Fall 2010 I am teaching AST 309R "Galaxies, Quasars, and the Universe". This is a course for nonscience majors on the nature of galaxies, active galactic nuclei and their black holes, and the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang. The prerequisite is Astronomy 301 "Introduction to Astronomy" or an equivalent course. I am also teaching AST 104. This is an introduction to modern research topics in astronomy, including activities in the UT Department of Astronomy.

In Spring 2011 I will be teaching ASY 358 "Galaxies and the Universe." This is a course for Astronomy majors and other qualified science and engineering majors on galaxies, quasars, and the universe. A course description can be found here.

Follow these links to ANNOUNCEMENTS for AST 358 .

General

Highlights: Current activities and curriculum vitae and publications

Research

Highlights: Active Galactic Nuclei and H II Regions