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Robert M. Geller teaches and conducts research in astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also obtained his Ph.D.
His doctoral research was in observational cosmology under Professor Robert Antonucci. Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, he is currently involved in a search for bursts of light that are predicted to occur when a supermassive black hole consumes a star. His other project, in biomedicine,explores the use of magnetotactic bacteria to enhance the effectiveness of radiation therapy in treating cancer. Dr. Geller also has a strong emphasis on education, and he received the Distinguished Teaching Award at UCSB in 2003.
His hobbies include rock climbing, and he built an unusual telescope with lenses made of water.
I Introducing Astronomy1 Astronomy and the UniverseGuest Essay Why Astronomy? Sandra M. Faber2 Knowing the HeavensGuest Essay Why Astrology Is Not Science James Randi3 Eclipses and the Motion of the MoonGuest Essay Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Mark Hollabaugh4 Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets5 The Nature of Light6 Optics and Telescopes
II Planets and Moons7 Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System8 Comparative Planetology II: The Origin of the Solar System9 The Living Earth10 Our Barren Moon11 Mercury, Venus, and Mars: Earthlike yet UniqueScientific American Article: Reading the Red Planet John P. Grotzinger and Ashwin Vasavada12 Jupiter and Saturn: Lords of the Planets13 Jupiter and Saturn’s Satellites of Fire and Ice14 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt: Remote Worlds15 Vagabonds of the Solar SystemGuest Essay Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Scott Sheppard
III Stars and Stellar Evolution16 Our Star, the Sun27 The Search for Extraterrestrial LifeGuest Essay A Biologist’s View of Astrobiology Kevin W. Plaxco
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