Christy A. Tremonti

Christy A. Tremonti
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University
University of Arizona
Occupation Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison
Known for Astronomy
Website http://www.astro.wisc.edu/our-people/faculty/tremonti/

Christy A. Tremonti is an observational astronomer on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She was a 2005 Hubble Fellow while at the University of Arizona.[1] She received her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 2003. She completed her dissertation, "The physical properties of low redshift star forming galaxies: Insights from the space-UV and 20,000 SDSS spectra",[2] under the supervision of Dr. Timothy M. Heckman.[3]

Her primary interests involve galaxy formation and evolution, including star-forming galaxies, active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback, galactic winds, and galaxy mergers. She is also interested in spectroscopy and data mining, and is a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.[4]

She has over sixty journal articles in such publications as the Astronomical Journal, Astrophysical Journal, and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Most of her articles can be found in full text at arXiv.org.[5] Like many scientists, Dr. Tremonti is highly collaborative, with over 150 co-authors across her many publications.[6] Some of her most frequent collaborators are Timothy M. Heckman,[7] Jon V. Brinkmann, and Donald P. Schneider.[8] According to Scopus, her h-index as of March, 2015 is 44.[9]

As of March 15, 2015, Dr. Tremonti's top three most highly cited articles present research about the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,.[10] including the most highly cited article on which Dr. Tremonti was lead author, "The origin of the mass-metallicity relation: Insights from 53,000 star-forming galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey".[11] She was one of the first to use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's statistical power for galaxy evolution studies.[12]

Dr. Tremonti is a member of the International Astronomical Union.

References

  1. ↑ Space Telescope Science Institute. "Hubble Fellowships - Listing of all Hubble Fellows 1990-2014". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ↑ SAO/NASA ADS. "Astronomy Abstract Service". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Heckman, Timothy. "Curriculum Vitae December 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ↑ University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Astronomy. "Tremonti, Christy UW-Madison Astronomy". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ↑ arXiv.org. "arXiv.org Search Results". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Scopus. "Scopus Author Details (Tremonti, Christy A.)". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Timothy Heckman Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Scopus. "Scopus Author Details (Tremonti, Christy A.)". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Scopus. "Scopus Author Details (Tremonti, Christy A.)". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Scopus. "Scopus Author Details (Tremonti, Christy A.)". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Origin of the Mass--Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-Forming Galaxies in the SDSS". arXiv.org. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "MaNGA Puts Department on Leading Edge of Integral Field Unit Science" (PDF). The Washburn Observer (arXiv.org) 3 (1): 1. Spring 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

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