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Educational Interests:

1. Enriching the academic lives of Sonoma State University students through courses and research projects
2. Innovative teaching practices, including project- and inquiry- based learning
3. Mentoring the next generation of scientists and engineers
4. Recruiting, educating and retaining a diverse population of scientists

Research Interests:

1. Development of 1-meter robotic telescope Galbreath Wildlands Preserve Observatory (GWPO)
2. Astronomical instrumentation (with particular emphasis on the near-infrared and adaptive optics)
3. High spatial-resolution astronomy including the central regions of galaxies (QSOs and AGN) and planetary science (Jupiter, Saturn and their moons; comets and planetary atmospheres)
4. Development of next-generation adaptive optics systems (utilizing MEMS technology) and their astronomical applications

Projects and Links:

• Galbreath Wildlands Preserve Observatory
• Galbreath Wildlands Preserve
• ViLLaGEs: MEMS Adaptive Optics and Visible Light Laser Guidestar Experiments
• CfAO Summer School
• Laboratory for Adaptive Optics
• ExAO Testbed for the Gemini Planet Imager
• CfAO Professional Development Program
• Stellar Occultations page
• CfAO Treasury Survey
• Lick Adaptive Optics System
• COSMOS Summer School: Stars, Sight and Science
• IRCAL: The Infrared Camera for Adaptive Optics at Lick Observatory
• My UCO/Lick Observatory Page
• My University of Chicago graduate studies page
• • The South Pole Infrared Explorer (SPIREX)
  • Jupiter-SL9
  • The Near Infrared Grism Spectrometer and Imager II (GRIM II)