Dr. Scott Severson

Educational:

1. Enriching the academic lives of Sonoma State University students through courses and research
2. Mentoring the next generation of scientists, engineers and educators
3. Recruiting and training a diverse population of students
4. Enhancing the scientific literacy of society
5. Innovative teaching practices

Research Interests:

1. Development of next-generation astronomical adaptive optics systems
2. Development of Sonoma State University observational capabilities
3. Astronomical instrumentation (with particular emphasis on the near-infrared and adaptive optics)
4. High spatial-resolution astronomy including the central regions of galaxies and planetary science
5. Time domain astronomy, measurements of transient phenomena in the universe