education and training
- Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz - (Santa Cruz, California, United States) 1980
- B.S. in Mathematics, Stanford University - (Stanford, California, United States) 1974
selected publications
Academic Articles224
- Phillips, M. M., Contreras, C., Hsiao, E. Y., Morrell, N., Burns, C. R., Stritzinger, M., ... Walker, E. S. (2019). Carnegie Supernova Project-II: Extending the Near-infrared Hubble Diagram for Type Ia Supernovae to z similar to 0.1. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 131(995), 014001-014001.
- Scalzo, R. A., Parent, E., Burns, C., Childress, M., Tucker, B. E., Brown, P. J., ... Suntzeff, N. (2019). Probing type Ia supernova properties using bolometric light curves from the Carnegie Supernova Project and the CfA Supernova Group. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 483(1), 628-647.
- Ashall, C., Hoeflich, P., Hsiao, E. Y., Phillips, M. M., Stritzinger, M., Baron, E., ... Taddia, F. (2019). A Physical Basis for the H-band Blue-edge Velocity and Light-curve Shape Correlation in Context of Type Ia Supernova Explosion Physics. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 878(2), 86-86.
- Ashall, C., Hsiao, E. Y., Hoeflich, P., Stritzinger, M., Phillips, M. M., Morrell, N., ... Taddia, F. (2019). Carnegie Supernova Project-II: Using Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Determine the Location of the Outer Ni-56 in Type Ia Supernovae. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS. 875(2), l14-L14.
- Hsiao, E. Y., Phillips, M. M., Marion, G. H., Kirshner, R. P., Morrell, N., Sand, D. J., ... Wang, L. (2019). Carnegie Supernova Project-II: The Near-infrared Spectroscopy Program. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 131(995), 014002-014002.
Conference Papers10
- Rheault, J., Mondrik, N. P., DePoy, D. L., Marshall, J. L., & Suntzeff, N. B. (2014). Spectrophotometric calibration of the Swope and DuPont Telescopes for the Carnegie Supernova Project 2.. GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY V, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V. 9147, 91475l-91475l-12.
- Sadler, B., Hoeflich, P., Baron, E., Krisciunas, K., Folatelli, G., Hamuy, M., ... Wang, L. (2013). Constraining the Properties of SNe Ia Progenitors from Light Curves. BINARY PATHS TO TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE EXPLOSIONS. 7(281), 309-+.
- Moore, A., Allen, G., Aristidi, E., Ashley, M., Bedding, T., Beichman, C., ... Zhou, X. u. (2008). Gattini: a multisite campaign for the measurement of sky brightness in Antarctica. GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE TELESCOPES II, PTS 1-3, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II. 7012, 701226-701226-10.
- Lawrence, J. S., Allen, G. R., Ashley, M., Bonner, C., Bradley, S., Cui, X., ... Zhu, Z. (2008). The PLATO Antarctic site testing observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II. 7012, 701227-701227-12.
- Danziger, I. J., Bouchet, P., Dwek, E., Arendt, R. G., DeBuizer, I., Park, S., ... Challis, P. (2007). SN1987A at 18 Years: EjectaRing Interaction. AIP Conference Proceedings, THE MULTICOLORED LANDSCAPE OF COMPACT OBJECTS AND THEIR EXPLOSIVE ORIGINS. 924(1), 383-388.
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- Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is closer to Earth than we thought Live Science December 20, 2020
researcher on
Principal Investigator3
- WE PROPOSE TO REOBSERVE THE LOCATIONS OF 17 TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE SNE IA AFTER THE SUPERNOVAE LIGHT HAS FADED TO GATHER UVOT UVGRISM TEMPLATE IMAGES. THE TEMPLATE IMAGES WILL RECREATE THE ORIGINAL SNE DATA OBSERVATIONS AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE AND WILL ENABLE awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2015 - 2016
Co-Principal Investigator2
awards and honors
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
- Smitka, Michael Thomas (2016-08). Type Ia Supernovae in the Ultraviolet, Optical, and Near-Infrared. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
nsuntzeff@tamu.edu
First Name
Nicholas
Last Name
Suntzeff
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Physics And Astronomy; 4242 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4242
USA