People
The Department of Astronomy family at the University of
Florida is formed by an excellent group of people among which we find Faculty, Staff,
Post-Docs, Graduate
Students, Undergraduate
Students
and Alumni.
| Chris Packham Associate Scientist Ph.D. 1997 (U of Hertfordshire, UK) www.astro.ufl.edu/~packham/ 424 Bryant Space Science Center (352) 392 2052 (259) packham at astro.ufl.edu |
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Areas of Specialty
AGN, Debris Disks, IR Instrumentation, Imaging, Spectroscopy, Polarimetry.
Research Interests
My research is focused on developing IR instruments that provide advanced and privileged access to the world's largest and/or most advanced telescopes. This provides a firm grounding for my collaborators and I to investigate AGN and the host galaxy, as well as debris disks.
Biography
I am currently an associate scientist at the University of Florida. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Hertfordshire (UK) under the guidance of Professor Jim Hough. I was then a Royal Society/MONBUSHO Fellow at the National Astronomical Observatory Japan, working with Subaru personnel. I then worked at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes as a support astronomer, where I was the principal investigator of INGRID. In 2000 I moved to the University of Florida.
Last Updated 01.Sep.2007
