SN 1994D The CfA Supernova Group


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Group Leader

Robert Kirshner

Scientific interests:      [Personal webpage]

  • Observations of supernovae
  • Supernova remnants
  • Galaxy dynamics and evolution
  • Clusters and galaxy distributions

Refereed Publications:   All,   1st author

Group Spirit

Pete Challis

Scientific interests:      [Personal webpage]

Refereed Publications:   All,   1st author

Postdoctoral Fellows

Stéphane Blondin

Scientific interests:      [Personal webpage]

  • Supernova spectra (theory and observations)
  • Evolution of Type Ia supernovae with redshift
  • Cosmology with Type Ia supernovae
  • Spectral restoration and cross-correlation algorithms

Refereed Publications:   All,   1st author

Michael Wood-Vasey

Scientific interests:      [Personal webpage]

  • Supernova Cosmology
  • Type Ia Supernova Progenitors
  • Astronomical Image-Processing pipelines

Refereed Publications:   All,   1st author

Graduate Students

Andy Friedman

Scientific interests:      [Personal webpage]

  • Cosmology with Type Ia supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • Gamma-Ray Burst Energetics and Spectra
  • Infrared observations and photometry of Type Ia supernovae

Refereed Publications:   All,   1st author

Malcolm Hicken

Scientific interests:      [Personal webpage]

  • Optical and UV photometry of nearby supernovae
  • Photometric calibration
  • Cosmology with supernovae

Refereed Publications:   All,   1st author

Kaisey Mandel

Scientific interests:      [Personal webpage]

Refereed Publications:   All,   1st author

Previous members

Peter Garnavich (Notre-Dame),   Saurabh Jha (Rutgers),   Bruno Leibundgut (ESO),   Tom Matheson (NOAO),   Maryam Modjaz (Berkeley),   Adam Riess (STScI),   Brian Schmidt (RSAA),   Chris Smith (NOAO)



Last updated: 10 March 2008
Stéphane Blondin