Matthew L. Lister
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Assistant Professor of Physics please contact me Office: Physics 312 Telephone: (765) 494-5171 Fax: (765) 494-0706 |
B.S., Physics and Astronomy 1991, University of Toronto
M.S., Physics and Astronomy 1993, University of Victoria
Ph.D., Astronomy 1999, Boston University
Research Interests
High luminosity active galactic nuclei, astrophysical jets and shocks, quasars and BL Lacertae objects, very long baseline interferometry, special relativity.
» Useful articles in AGN jet research
Research Group Members
Postdoctoral Fellow:
· Preeti Kharb
Graduate Students:
· Mihai Cara
· Nathan Cooper
· Brandon Hogan
· Huthavahana (Sarma) Kuchibhotla
Undergraduate Students:
· Amy Lankey
· Justin Troyer
Professional Experience
· Assistant Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 2003-present.
· Karl Jansky Fellow, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 2001-2003.
· Faculty Lecturer, University of Virginia, 2001-2003.
· Caltech Postdoctoral Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1998-2001.
· Research and Teaching Assistant, Boston University, 1993-1998.
· Teaching Assistant, University of Victoria, 1991-1993.
Professional and Scholarly Activities
· member, American Astronomical Society
· member, International Astronomical Union
· referee for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Science, the Astrophysical
Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics.

