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Sylvain Veilleux

Professor of Astronomy

Director, Maryland - NOAO Collaboration

Department of Astronomy

University of Maryland

Computer & Space Sciences, Bldg #224

Room #1215

Stadium Drive

College Park, MD 20742-2421

E-mail: veilleux(at)astro.umd.edu

Tel: (301) 405-0282

Fax: (301) 314-9067

Research: Supermassive black hole - starburst - galaxy connection at low and high redshifts;
- Quasar/ULIRG Evolutionary STudy (QUEST)
- Deep Wide-Field Surveys of Emission-Line Galaxies with MMTF & NEWFIRM; Impact of feedback on galaxy formation and evolution;
- ARAA article on galactic winds; Instrumentation for ground-based optical and infrared telescopes
- MMTF: Maryland - Magellan Tunable Filter
- NEWFIRM: NOAO Extremely Wide-Field Infrared Mosaic

Publications (NASA/ADS)
Scientific talks
Education: B. S. Physics, 1984, Université de Montréal; Ph.D. Astrophysics, 1989, University of California, Santa Cruz; (Advisor: Donald E. Osterbrock)
Positions Held: Professor of Astronomy, U. Maryland, 2005-...; Humboldt Research Awardee, MPE, Garching, Germany, 2009; Director, Maryland - NOAO Collaboration, 2003-...; Visiting Faculty, California Institute of Technology, 2003; Visiting Research Fellow, Carnegie Observatories, 2003; Associate Professor of Astronomy, U. Maryland, 2000-2005; Assistant Professor of Astronomy, U. Maryland, 1995-2000; Hubble Fellow, Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1992-1995; NSERC Fellow, University of Hawaii, 1989-1992
Awards: Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists, 2008-09; "Research Leaders" Recognition (success in research funding), U. Maryland, 2006; "Rainmakers" Recognition (success in research funding), U. Maryland, 2004; Graduate Research Board Award, U. Maryland, 2002; NSF/CAREER Award 1999-2004; Cottrell Scholarship 1998-2003; NASA/LTSA Award 1997-2002; Hubble Fellowship 1992-1995; NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1989-91; FCAR Postgraduate Scholarship 1988-89; NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship 1984-88; UC Regents Fellowship, UC Santa Cruz, 1984-85; NSERC Summer Fellowship, 1982; Undergraduate Scholarship, U. of Montréal, 1981
Teaching: Fall 2007. ASTR100: Introductory Astronomy, Non-science undergraduates; Fall 2006. ASTR310: Observational Astronomy, Astronomy majors; Fall 2005. ASTR310: Observational Astronomy, Astronomy majors; Fall 2004. ASTR421: Galaxies, Astronomy majors; Spring 2002. ASTR100: Introductory Astronomy, Non-science undergraduates; Fall 2001. ASTR498V: Cosmology, Astronomy majors; Spring 2001. ASTR498G: Galaxies, Astronomy majors; Fall 2000. ASTR100: Introductory Astronomy, Non-science undergraduates; Spring 2000. ASTR100: Introductory Astronomy, Non-science undergraduates; Fall 1999. ASTR620: Galaxies, Graduate Level; Spring 1999. ASTR220: Collisions in Space, Non-science undergraduate; Fall 1998. ASTR220: Collisions in Space, Non-science undergraduates; Spring 1998. ASTR420: Galactic Structure, Astronomy majors; Fall 1997. ASTR620: Galaxies, Graduate Level; Spring 1997. ASTR100: Introductory Astronomy, Non-science undergraduates; Fall 1996. ASTR100: Introductory Astronomy, Non-science undergraduates; Spring 1996. ASTR350: Advanced Astrophysics, Astronomy majors

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