The University of Chicago
The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
933 East 56th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
dfwatson@kicp.uchicago.edu
Fellowship Status:
Starting year: 2012
Douglas F Watson
NSF Fellowship Research Program:
Shedding Light on the Fate of Satellite Galaxies and Integrating Current Research into Museums and K-12 Public School Classrooms
Research Interests:
My primary research interests lie in the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time. I am particularly interested in the connection between galaxies and their dark matter halos.
Education and Outreach Interests:
(1) improving public outreach efforts at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago
(2) training K-12 Chicago public school teachers in aquiring the skills to effectively teach science (Astronomy in particular) to underserved, minority students.