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Department of Astronomy
University of Florida
211 Bryant Space Science Center
PO Box 112055
Gainesville, FL, 32611-2055, USA
Phone: (352) 392-2052
Fax: (352) 392-5089
Email: Ename@astro.ufl.edu

Peter Barnes
Assistant Scientist
PhD 1989 (U Illinois)

www.astro.ufl.edu/~peterb/

317 Bryant Space Science Center
(352) 392 2052 (283)

Areas of Specialty

Star formation in the Milky Way, the interstellar medium, radio and mm-wave observational techniques.

Research Interests

Star formation in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, astrochemistry, the interstellar medium, surfaces & atmospheres of solar system bodies, radiative transfer problems, supernova remnants, astronomical databases, image analysis techniques.

Biography

Born & grew up in greatest cricketing nation on Earth; BSc/MSc at Sydney University while dreaming on the beach; PhD at Illinois amongst the cornfields; postdocs at Toronto, CfA (yes, the centre of the known universe), & Haystack; then NRAO, UNSW, back to Sydney; now happily planning the conquest of the Galaxy from Florida.