Velocity field of NGC 1365, obtained with the Rutgers Fabry-Perot, CTIO 1.5-m telescope

Benjamin Weiner
formerly Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
now at Steward Observatory, University of Arizona

Note: As of fall 2006, I have moved to Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona; please visit my web page at Arizona. I am working in the MIPS team at Arizona; at Maryland I worked on the Maryland-Magellan Tunable Filter (MMTF) with Prof. Sylvain Veilleux.

I returned to the North American tectonic plate in 2004 after several years on the Pacific plate: prior to coming to Maryland, I was a postdoc with the DEEP project at UCO/Lick Observatory at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Carnegie Fellow at the Carnegie Observatories. I studied for a PhD in physics at Rutgers University, alma mater of Mr. Magoo. More tedious biographical details.

Professional Stuff

My CV as of May 2007

Some research interests

Publications

Research interests

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- Indicators of star formation and extinction from UV, optical emission line, and infrared measurements

- Kinematics of galaxies to z=1 and evolution in the Tully-Fisher relation

- Study of galaxy formation and evolution through measurements of galaxy structure (luminosity, color, concentration, bulge/disk) and internal kinematics (velocity widths, rotation, non-circular motions) from local galaxies to z=1

- Structure, dynamics and evolution of barred galaxies

- Faint optical emission from high-velocity clouds

- 2-dimensional spatially resolved spectroscopy: Fabry-Perot and integral field

- Computational fluid dynamics, simulations of gas flow in galaxies

- Optical telescope instrumentation

Software

Contact information

old:
Benjamin Weiner
Department of Astronomy
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
email: bjw -at- astro.umd.edu

updated address:
Benjamin Weiner
Steward Observatory
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ  85721
email: bjw -at- as.arizona.edu
phone: 520-626-1798

Unprofessional Stuff

Some photographs.

Reasons to go to the telescope:

Number 1

Number 2

Bored with the web?

Museum of Jurassic Technology

Source Sriracha: Huy Fong Foods

Iron Chef

WFMU

The Quincy, M.E. Punk Rock Episode The original link is dead; the Request Line zine died some time ago and now the archive is gone too. And the link used to take you to Sam Goody, yet another example of why the web just isn't that interesting any more. What good is a medium that has no place for a tribute to a TV show in which Jack Klugman warns the nation of the dangers of punk rock? But wait, great news! Thanks to the Internet Archive, now you can still visit the all-powerful Quincy, M.E. Punk Rock Episode!

FYI:

The Four Steps to Project Completion:

1. Concept

2. Design

3. Execution

4. Blaming of the Uninvolved

Programmer's Tip of the Day:

Version control isn't any help if all the versions stink.

P.S. Are you ready in the event of a national emergency?