Dan M. Watson
Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Senior
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics University of
Rochester
Dan Watson is an
experimental/observational astrophysicist whose research has included
work on star and planetary-system formation, the structure and evolution
of spiral galaxies, the nature and formation of active galactic nuclei,
and the development of instruments and infrared detector arrays for
astronomy. Currently he is busy with analysis and ground-based followup
of surveys of protostars and proplanetary disks made with NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope, with ESA's Herschel
Space Observatory, and with the new NASA James Webb Space Telescope.
Dan received his bachelor's degree
in physics (philosophy minor) from Revelle College, University of
California, San Diego (1976); received his doctorate in physics from the
University of California, Berkeley (1983); and did his postdoctoral work
at the California Institute of Technology. He joined the UR faculty in
1988. Besides his research and research-student mentoring, he teaches a
variety of astronomy and physics courses. He served two terms as Chair
of the UR Department of Physics and Astronomy, July 2013 - June 2019.
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University of Rochester |
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Department of Physics and Astronomy |
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APOD |
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To contact Dan:
email dmw[at]pas.rochester.edu
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