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Jan. 30, 2015
UT Professor to Share Stellar Research at Next Honors Symposium Feb. 5
On Thursday, Feb. 5, at 4 p.m. The University of Tampa’s honor symposia series will continue with a presentation by Simon Schuler, assistant professor of physics, on The Origins of Extrasolar Planets. The lecture will be held in Reeves Theater in the Vaughn Center, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., and is free and open to the public.
Schuler will discuss one of his current research projects, which may help scientists to more quickly find habitable planets — those within the “habitable zone” of a star where the temperature is not too hot nor too cold and liquid water can exist.
Schuler has an active research program involving UT students, as well as graduate students at other universities. He holds a grant from NASA to study the chemical compositions of stars hosting planets that were discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The mission of the Kepler program is to discover Earth-like planets around solar-like stars in our galaxy.
In this research, Schuler is looking for differences in the compositions of stars with planets versus those without planets to potentially identify a signature of the planet formation process. He has published 10 peer-reviewed papers in the leading astronomical journals and presented numerous posters and talks on the subject.
For more information, contact the Honors Program at honors@ut.edu or (813) 257-3545.
Schuler will discuss one of his current research projects, which may help scientists to more quickly find habitable planets — those within the “habitable zone” of a star where the temperature is not too hot nor too cold and liquid water can exist.
Schuler has an active research program involving UT students, as well as graduate students at other universities. He holds a grant from NASA to study the chemical compositions of stars hosting planets that were discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The mission of the Kepler program is to discover Earth-like planets around solar-like stars in our galaxy.
In this research, Schuler is looking for differences in the compositions of stars with planets versus those without planets to potentially identify a signature of the planet formation process. He has published 10 peer-reviewed papers in the leading astronomical journals and presented numerous posters and talks on the subject.
For more information, contact the Honors Program at honors@ut.edu or (813) 257-3545.
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