Hello! My name is Steve Ertel, I'm an
astrophysicist
and associate researcher at the
Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
at the
University of Arizona
in Tucson. Here, I am instrument scientist for the
Large Binocular Telescope
Interferometer (LBTI). I'd like to welcome you on my professional website and to thank you
very much for your interest.
My field of research is the formation and evolution of
planetary systems.
In particular, I'm working on
debris disks
(dust and
planetesimal
disks around
main sequence stars),
exozodiacal dust
(warm and hot dust around main sequence stars), and their connection to and
interaction with possible planets in these systems. My work focuses on (but is
not limited to) imaging
observations
of debris disks in all wavelength regimes,
near- and mid-infrared
interferometric
observations of exozodiacal dust, and the simultaneous modeling of all
available data of debris disks (mostly using analytical models). I'm an active member of the
Herschel/DUNES
team and the
EXOZODI
team. As LBTI instrument scientist I am interested in any application of this
unique telescopes and its instruments.
I am also interested in the evolution of planetary systems
beyond the main sequence.
I am coordinating the efforts of the FEARLESS (FatE and AfteRLife of Evolved
Solar Systems) collaboration, a loose collaboration working on the post-main
sequence evolution of planetary systems.
News:
I recently moved to the Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona in
Tucson where I started a position as LBTI instrument scientist. Please see
my updated contact information below.
Contact:
Dr. Steve Ertel
Steward Observatory
933 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
e-Mail:
sertel@email.arizona.edu
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