education and training
- Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Hawaii System - (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States) 1987
- B.S. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) 1982
selected publications
Academic Articles263
- Hill, G. J., Lee, H., MacQueen, P. J., Kelz, A., Drory, N., Vattiat, B. L., ... Steinmetz, M. (2021). The HETDEX Instrumentation: Hobby-Eberly Telescope Wide-field Upgrade and VIRUS. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 162(6), 298-298.
- Gebhardt, K., Cooper, E. M., Ciardullo, R., Acquaviva, V., Bender, R., Bowman, W. P., ... Zhang, Y. (2021). The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) Survey Design, Reductions, and Detections*. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 923(2), 217-217.
- Krisciunas, K., Contreras, C., Burns, C. R., Phillips, M. M., Hamuy, M., Stritzinger, M. D., ... Villanueva, S. (2020). The Carnegie Supernova Project. I. Third Photometry Data Release of Low-redshift Type Ia Supernovae and Other White Dwarf Explosions (vol 154, 211, 2017). ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 160(6), 289-289.
- Martinez, R. R., Gaudi, B. S., Rodriguez, J. E., Zhou, G., Labadie-Bartz, J., Quinn, S. N., ... Quintana, E. V. (2020). KELT-25 b and KELT-26 b: A Hot Jupiter and a Substellar Companion Transiting Young A Stars Observed by TESS. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 160(3), 111-111.
- Miyazaki, S., Sumi, T., Bennett, D. P., Udalski, A., Shvartzvald, Y., Street, R., ... Verma, P. (2020). OGLE-2013-BLG-0911Lb: A Secondary on the Brown-dwarf Planet Boundary around an M Dwarf. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 159(2), 76-76.
Chapters8
- Blum, R. D., Depoy, D. L., & Sellgren, K. (1996). A Comparison of Near Infrared Spectra of the Galactic Center He I Emission Line Sources and Early Type Mass Losing Stars. Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way. 225-230. Springer Nature.
- Depoy, D. L., Quillen, A. C., Berlind, A., & Ramirez, S. V. (1996). The Effects of Supergiants on the Infrared Light Distribution in Galaxies. New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa. 109-112. Springer Nature.
- Blum, R., Carr, J., Depoy, D., Sellgren, K., & Terndrup, D. (1994). Radial Velocities of M Giants at 300 PC Projected Radius from the Galactic Center. Infrared Astronomy with Arrays. 535-536. Springer Nature.
- Blum, R., Carr, J., Depoy, D., Sellgren, K., & Terndrup, D. (1994). Radial Velocities of M Giants at 300 PC Projected Radius from the Galactic Center. The Nuclei of Normal Galaxies. 87-90. Springer Nature.
- Gatley, I., Joyce, R., Fowler, A., DePoy, D., & Probst, R. (1989). A Large Near-Infrared Image of the Galactic Center. The Center of the Galaxy. 361-364. Springer Nature.
Conference Papers102
- Schmidt, L. M., Conway, B., DePoy, D. L., Marshall, J. L., & Oelkers, R. J. (2022). Reflectivity characterization of various black and white materials. ADVANCES IN OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION V, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V. 12188, 121884w-121884w-7.
- Schmidt, L. M., Limbach, M. A., Cook, E., DePoy, D. L., Oelkers, R. J., Marshall, J. L., ... Vega, E. G. (2022). The Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy Imager (ETSI), a new instrument for rapid characterization of exoplanet atmospheres. GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY IX, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. 12184, 1218486-1218486-22.
- Schmidt, L. M., Marshall, J. L., DePoy, D. L., & Barden, S. C. (2022). The conceptual design of SCal: A facility calibration system for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer. OBSERVATORY OPERATIONS: STRATEGIES, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS IX, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IX. 12186, 121861p-121861p-24.
- Zafar, T., Lawrence, J., Zheng, J., Adams, D., Hartmann, V. N., Lacombe, C., ... Johnson, C. (2022). MANIFEST/GMT science overview: a multi-interface, multi-mode instrument science and simulations. GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY IX, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. 12184, 1218417-1218417-9.
- Ji, T., Cook, E., Pak, S., Kelly, E., Bush, L., Barba, L., ... Pires, P. (2020). Camera articulation prototype for the Giant Magellan Telescope Multi-object Astronomical and Cosmological Spectrograph (GMACS). SOFTWARE AND CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR ASTRONOMY VI, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI. 11452, 1145224-1145224-10.
Repository Documents / Preprints71
- Limbach, M. A., Schmidt, L. M., DePoy, D. L., Mason, J. C., Scobey, M., Brown, P., Taylor, C., & Marshall, J. L. (2020). The Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy Imager (ETSI).
- Rho, J., Milisavljevic, D., Sarangi, A., Margutti, R., Chornock, R., Rest, A., ... Marion, H. (2019). Astro2020 Science White Paper: Are Supernovae the Dust Producer in the Early Universe?.
- Marshall, J. L., Hansen, T., Simon, J. D., Li, T. S., Bernstein, R. A., Kuehn, K., ... Wester, W. (2018). Chemical Abundance Analysis of Tucana III, the Second $r$-process Enhanced Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy.
- Brout, D., Scolnic, D., Kessler, R., D'Andrea, C. B., Davis, T. M., Gupta, R. R., ... Zhang, Y. (2018). First Cosmology Results Using Type Ia Supernovae From the Dark Energy Survey: Analysis, Systematic Uncertainties, and Validation.
- Abbott, T., Allam, S., Andersen, P., Angus, C., Asorey, J., Avelino, A., ... Zhang, Y. (2018). First Cosmology Results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: Constraints on Cosmological Parameters.
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Principal Investigator3
- Collaborative Research: Hobby Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2015
recent teaching activities
- ASTR101 Basic Astronomy Instructor
- ASTR101 Hnr-basic Astronomy Instructor
- ASTR103 Intro To Stars And Exoplanets Instructor
- ASTR285 Directed Studies Instructor
- ASTR291 Research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Li, Ting (2016-08). Exploring Milky Way Halo Substructures with Large-Area Sky Surveys. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
depoy@tamu.edu
First Name
Darren
Last Name
Depoy
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Physics And Astronomy; 4242 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4242
USA