Associate Scientist
University of Florida Department of Astronomy
Address: P.O. Box 112055. Department of Astronomy. University of Florida. Gainesville, FL 32611-2055
Office: 301B Bryant Space Science Center.
Phone: (352) 392-2052 ext. 229
Director of the University of Florida Teaching Observatories which include the Campus Teaching Observatory (CTO) and Rosemary Hill Observatory (RHO).
Director of the University of Florida Radio Observatory (UFRO)
Instrumentation
As an Instrument Scientist in the UF Infrared Instrumentation group, I am involved in the integration and tests of two mid-IR instruments:
T-ReCS, a mid-IR imager/spectrometer for use on the 8m Gemini South telescope
CanariCam, a mid-IR imager/spectrometer/polarimeter/coronograph, for use on the 10m GranTeCan telescope
The UF instrumentation team gallery may be found here.
Planetary Radio Astronomy. Jupiter decametric radio emission
Teaching
Director of AST-1022L Astronomy Lab
Public outreach and education
Member of the Radio JOVE team, an educational program in collaboration with NASA's GSFC, Kochi National College of Technology, UFRO, and other volunteers. The Radio JOVE program is aimed at introducing high school and college students to the field of low frequency radio astronomy through the observation of the Jovian and solar low frequency radio emissions.
Francisco Reyes: Last update: 2004-01-26