Laura DeGroot

Dr. DeGroot’s research focuses on the study of galaxy morphology and understanding how galaxy type and other properties indicate the evolution of galaxies with time.

• First Year Seminar
• Physics Revolutions
• Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies
• Algebra Physics I and II
• Calculus Physics I and II
• Calculus Physics Lab I and II
• Mechanics
• Astrophysics
• Modern Optics

• Shivam Bhasin, Testing the Accuracy of GALFIT to Measure the Morphological Properties of Galaxies, 2022
• Lillian Miller, Determining Growth and Evolution Methods for Galaxies in the GOODS-S Field with 0.8<1.2
• Haoge Yan, Studying the Halos of Nearby Galaxies in the HERON Survey through Galaxy Decomposition Using GALFIT
• Abigail Ambrose, Using Gaia DR2 to Observe Stellar Streams and Dark Matter Distribution in the Milky Way, 2020
• Nicholas Rosner, Investigation of galaxy disk formation at 0.8 < z < 1.2, 2020
• Chase Fuller, Spiraling into Control: Spiral Density Wave Structure of Gaia DR2 Galactic Radial Velocities, 2019
• Benjamin Jenkins, Decomposing the Nearby NGC 720 Galaxy, 2019
• Vincent Hui, Determining the Accuracy of GALFIT in Morphology Measurement of Galaxies from Image Analysis, 2019
• Nathaniel Moore, Local Analogues: Comparing a 12-inch Telescope to the Hubble, 2018
• Dean (Whitford) Brown, Improving the Accuracy of GALFIT in Measuring the Morphological Properties of Multi-Component Disk Galaxies, 2023
• Connor Streeter, Studying the Halo of the Nearby M104 Galaxy through Galaxy Decomposition using GALFIT, 2023

Rich, R. Michael; Mosenkov, Aleksandr; Lee-Saunders, Henry; Koch, Andreas; Kormendy, John; Kennefick, Julia; Brosch, Noah; Sales, Laura; Bullock, James; Burkert, Andreas; Collins, Michelle; Cooper, Michael; Fusco, Michael; Reitzel, David; Thilker, David; Milewski, Dave G.; Elias, Lydia; Saade, M. L.; De Groot, Laura, 2019, “The haloes and environments of nearby galaxies (HERON) – I. Imaging, sample characteristics, and envelope diameters”, MNRAS, 490, 1539

Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.; Mozena, Mark; Kocevski, Dale; McIntosh, Daniel H.; Lotz, Jennifer; Bell, Eric F.; Faber, Sandra; Ferguson, Henry; Koo, David; Bassett, Robert; Bernyk, Maksym; Blancato, Kirsten; Bournaud, Frederic; Cassata, Paolo; Castellano, Marco; Cheung, Edmond; Conselice, Christopher J.; Croton, Darren; Dahlen, Tomas; de Mello, Duilia F.; DeGroot, Laura; Donley, Jennifer; Guedes, Javiera; Grogin, Norman; Hathi, Nimish; Hilton, Matt; Hollon, Brett; Inami, Hanae; Kassin, Susan; Koekemoer, Anton; Lani, Caterina; Liu, Nick; Lucas, Ray A.; Martig, Marie; McGrath, Elizabeth; McPartland, Conor; Mobasher, Bahram; Morlock, Alice; Mutch, Simon; O’Leary, Erin; Peth, Mike; Pforr, Janine; Pillepich, Annalisa; Poole, Gregory B.; Rizer, Zachary; Rosario, David; Soto, Emmaris; Straughn, Amber; Telford, Olivia; Sunnquist, Ben; Weiner, Benjamin; Wuyts, Stijn, 2015, “CANDELS Visual Classifications: Scheme, Data Release, and First Results”, ApJS, 221, 11