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Douglas F Watson

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Fellowship Status:

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.