Senior Lecturer and Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Programs in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
I am a Senior Lecturer and the Associate Department Head for the Undergraduate Program in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Penn State University Park campus in State College, PA.
I have a wide variety of interests in teaching, research and outreach.
Supermoons are big and bright, but not as rare as the hype would suggest
Nov 09, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Science
As an observational astronomer who teaches students about the behavior of the moon, Im thankful for anything that inspires people to go out and look at the sky. For me its second nature to pay attention to the moon; when...
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