Fields Molecular clouds | Name Nick Scoville | |
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Institutions California Institute of Technology Known for Cosmic Evolution Survey Education Columbia University (1972) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | ||
Nick Scoville is the Francis L. Moseley Professor of Astronomy at Caltech and departmental chair.
Research
His research interests include interstellar molecular clouds, the star formation which occurs in these clouds, interacting ultraluminous-infrared galaxies and active galactic nuclei. His main hobby outside of astronomy is steel sculptural welding. He works on the Hubble Heritage Project, and the Cosmic Evolution Survey multi-wavelength deep-field study of galaxies in the early universe.
References
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