Spilker, Justin
individual record
Assistant Professor
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
overview
I am a multiwavelength observational astrophysicist, and my research interests are broadly related to the ways that galaxies form (or don't form) new stars throughout the history of the Universe. I'm working on a number of topics related to the quenching of galaxies, trying to understand the physical mechanisms that turn a star-forming galaxy into a quiescent one.
selected publications
Academic Articles63
- Cathey, J., Gonzalez, A. H., Lower, S., Phadke, K. A., Spilker, J., Aravena, M., ... Vizgan, D. (2024). TEMPLATES: Characterization of a Merger in the Dusty Lensing SPT041847 System. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). 967(1), 11-11.
- Apostolovski, Y., Aravena, M., Anguita, T., Bethermin, M., Burgoyne, J., Chapman, S., ... Wei, A. (2024). Extended Lyman- emission towards the SPT2349-56 protocluster at z = 4.3. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). 683, a64-A64.
- Chapman, S. C., Hill, R., Aravena, M., Archipley, M., Babul, A., Burgoyne, J., ... Weiss, A. (2024). Brightest Cluster Galaxy Formation in the z=4.3 Protocluster SPT 2349-56: Discovery of a Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). 961(1), 120-120.
- Birkin, J. E., Hutchison, T. A., Welch, B., Spilker, J. S., Aravena, M., Bayliss, M. B., ... Weiss, A. (2023). JWST's TEMPLATES for Star Formation: The First Resolved Gas-phase Metallicity Maps of Dust-obscured Star-forming Galaxies at z 4. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). 958(1), 64-64.
- Chworowsky, K., Finkelstein, S. L., Spilker, J. S., Leung, G., Bagley, M. B., Casey, C. M., ... Yung, L. (2023). ALMA 1.1 mm Observations of a Conservative Sample of High-redshift Massive Quiescent Galaxies in SHELA. The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ). 951(1), 49-49.
Repository Documents / Preprints14
- Spilker, J., Levy, R. C., Marrone, D., Alberts, S., Chapman, S. C., Dickinson, M., ... Walker, C. K. (2024). High-Redshift Extragalactic Science with the Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies (SALTUS) Space Observatory.
- Spilker, J. S., Phadke, K. A., Aravena, M., Archipley, M., Bayliss, M. B., Birkin, J. E., ... Whitaker, K. E. (2023). Spatial variations in aromatic hydrocarbon emission in a dust-rich galaxy.
- Reuter, C., Spilker, J. S., Vieira, J. D., Marrone, D. P., Weiss, A., Aravena, M., ... Vizgan, D. (2022). The Rest-Frame Submillimeter Spectrum of High Redshift, Dusty, Star-Forming Galaxies from the SPT-SZ Survey.
- Spilker, J. S., Suess, K. A., Setton, D. J., Bezanson, R., Feldmann, R., Greene, J. E., ... Verrico, M. (2022). Star Formation Suppresion by Tidal Removal of Cold Molecular Gas from an Intermediate-Redshift Massive Post-Starburst Galaxy.
- Spilker, J. S., Hayward, C. C., Marrone, D. P., Aravena, M., Bethermin, M., Burgoyne, J., ... Weiss, A. (2022). Chaotic and Clumpy Galaxy Formation in an Extremely Massive Reionization-Era Halo.
recent teaching activities
- ASTR101 Basic Astronomy Instructor
- ASTR101 Hnr-basic Astronomy Instructor
- ASTR102 Observational Astronomy Instructor
- ASTR111 Overview Of Modern Astro Instructor
- ASTR285 Directed Studies Instructor
Email
jspilker@tamu.edu
First Name
Justin
Last Name
Spilker
