Dr Michael Albrow
Position
Senior Lecturer in Astronomy- Astronomy Supervisor of Studies
- 200-level Course Co-ordinator
Qualifications
Ph.D (University of Canterbury)
Room
810, Physics and Astronomy
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364-2987
Internal Phone: 4863
Email: michael.albrow@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, 8140
New Zealand
Undergraduate Courses
Research Interests
- UC Research Profile
- Discovering New Planets
- PLANET: Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork
- Stellar pulsation and pulsating variable stars.
- Stellar atmospheres, post-asymptotic giant branch stars and the late stages of stellar evolution.
- Gravitational microlensing and the search for extra-solar planets.
- High resolution spectroscopy.
- Radial velocities.
- Chemical abundances
- The Beatrice Tinsley Institute for New Zealand Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Research Students
- Alistair McDougall: Gravitational microlensing and the search for extra-solar planets
- Mita Brierley: CNO Abundances in Omega Centauri - submitted
- Judy Mohr: Astronomical Optics (submitted) - submitted
- Veronica Miller : Search for transiting planets in the Galactic Bulge (Supervisor)(submitted) - submitted
Department Administration
- Department Teaching Committee
- 200-level co-ordinator
- Astronomy Supervisor of Studies