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*. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). 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). 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.
- Artola, R., Beroiz, M., Cabral, J., Camuccio, R., Castillo, M., Chavushyan, V., ... Zadrozny, A. (2020). TOROS optical follow-up of the advanced LIGO-VIRGO O2 second observational campaign. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(2), 2207-2214.
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
- 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. Proceedings of SPIE, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. 12184, 1218417-1218417-9.
- Schmidt, L. M., Conway, B., DePoy, D. L., Marshall, J. L., & Oelkers, R. J. (2022). Reflectivity characterization of various black and white materials. Proceedings of SPIE, 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. Proceedings of SPIE, 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. Proceedings of SPIE, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IX. 12186, 121861p-121861p-24.
- 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). Proceedings of SPIE, 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