University of Florida

Department of Astronomy
Stellar Populations Research Group
The stellar populations research group at the University of Florida is involved in a range of research projects focused on the study of resolved stars in Local Group galaxies and beyond. Our aim is to characterize the properties of these stars such as distance, age, and metallicity in order to understand the process of galaxy formation and evolution along with the concurrent process of chemical enrichment.

Group Members:

• Prof. Ata Sarajedini (Professor)

• Maren Hempel (Postdoctoral Researcher)

• Karen Kinemuchi (Postdoctoral Researcher)

• Mike Barker (Graduate Student)

• Roger Cohen (Graduate Student)

• Izaskun San Roman (Graduate Student)

• Soung-Chul Yang (Graduate Student)

• Conor Mancone (Graduate Student)

Data Products:

• Catalog of Star Cluster Candidates in M33

• LMC Cluster Stars With Spectra in the Calcium Triplet

• WIYN Open Cluster Study Database

• HST/ACS Globular Cluster Treasury Project