Department Chair & Professor

Dr. Scott Severson
he/him/his
Office
Darwin 300M
Available By Appointment Only
Academic Interests
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Educational:
- Enriching the academic lives of Sonoma State University students through courses and research
- Mentoring the next generation of scientists, engineers and educators
- Recruiting and training a diverse population of students
- Enhancing the scientific literacy of society
- Innovative teaching practices
Research Interests:
- Development of next-generation astronomical adaptive optics systems
- Development of Sonoma State University observational capabilities
- Astronomical instrumentation (with particular emphasis on the near-infrared and adaptive optics)
- High spatial-resolution astronomy including the central regions of galaxies and planetary science
- Time domain astronomy, measurements of transient phenomena in the universe