Laura DeGroot
Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics
Biography
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.
Courses Taught
- First Year Seminar
- Physics Revolutions
- Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies
- Physics of the Life Sciences
- Physics of the Physical Sciences
- Physics of the Physical Sciences Lab I and II
- Classical Mechanics
- Astrophysics
- Modern Optics
Selected Publications & Presentations
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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
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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
Independent Study Advising
- 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
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