Brian C. Chaboyer Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth since 1998

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Education

• Yale University: Ph.D., Astronomy 1993
• Yale University: M.Phil, Astronomy 1991
• Queen's University: M.S. 1989
• University of Manitoba: B.S. (Honours, First Class, Physics) 1987

Experience

• 2003 - present: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
• 1998 - 2002: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
• 1996 - 1998: Hubble Fellow, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
• 1993 - 1996: Postdoctoral Fellow, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• 1990 - Summer Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Honors and Awards

• Cottrell Scholar, Research Corporation
• Dirk Brouwer Prize in Astronomy, Yale University
• Myers Faculty Fellowship
• Cheheyl Fellowship for the Application of Technology in Teaching and in Learning
• Junior Faculty Fellowship, Dartmouth College

Memberships

• American Astronomical Society
• International Astronomical Union

Contact Information

• Office: 238 Wilder
• Telephone: (603) 646-3684
• E-mail: Brian.Chaboyer@dartmouth.edu

Research Interests (see my web page)

Stellar populations and stellar evolution.

Selected Recent Publications

"BVI Photometry and the Luminosity Function of the Globular Cluster M92" Paust, N.E.Q., Brian Chaboyer & Sarajedini, A. 2007, The Astronomical Journal, 133, 278

"The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. II. Stellar Evolution Tracks, Isochrones, Luminosity Functions, and Synthetic Horizontal-Branch Models", Dotter, A. Brian Chaboyer, Jevremovic, D., Baron, E.; Ferguson, J.W.; Sarajedini, A.; Anderson, J. 2007, The Astronomical Journal, 134, 376

"The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. I. Overview and Clusters Without Previous HST Photometry" Sarajedini, A., Bedin, L. Brian Chaboyer, & 9 colleagues 2007, The Astronomical Journal, 133, 1658

"A New Color-Magnitude Diagram for Palomar 11" LLewis, M.S., Liu, W.M., Paust, N.E.Q. & Brian Chaboyer 2006, The Astronomical Journal, 131, 2538-2542

"Theoretical Uncertainties in Red Giant Branch Evolution: The Red Giant Branch Bump" Bjork, S.R. & Brian Chaboyer 2006, The Astrophysical Journal 641, 1102-1112

"From Canonical to Enhanced Extra Mixing in Low-Mass Red Giants: Tidally Locked Binaries" Denissenkov, P.A., Brian Chaboyer & Li, K. 2006, The Astrophysical Journal 641, 1087-1101

"UBVI CCD Photometry of the Old Open Cluster Berkeley 17" Krusberg, Z.A.C. and Brian Chaboyer 2006, The Astronomical Journal, 131, 1565.

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