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portraitilliam Dirienzo

University of Virginia Graduate Student, Edward P. Owens Fellow
    Email: dirienzo@virginia.edu
    Phone: (434) 244-6868
    Fax: (434) 924-3104

    Office: NRAO (Stone Hall) 213 (map) & Jefferson Scholars Foundation C205 (map)

    Department of Astronomy
    P.O. Box 400325
    Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325

    National Radio Astronomy Observatory
    520 Edgemont Rd
    Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475

    Funded by: Jefferson Scholars Foundation
    112 Clarke Ct
    P.O. Box 400891
    Charlottesville, VA 22904-4891

    CV: pdf
    Research Interests: Star Formation Group
    Massive Star Formation, Infrared Dark Clouds, ISM, Astrochemistry
    Link to publications
    Instructor of Record:
    Summer 2011: ASTR 1210
    Introduction to the Sky and the Solar System
    Graduate Teaching Assistant Work:
    Fall 2009 & 2010: ASTR 2110
    Spring 2010 & 2011: ASTR 2120
    Introduction to Astrophysics I & II
    "Lullaby for Newborn Stars" (mp3)
    Performance on YouTube
    from "indiscipline: music-science collaboration in performance"
    Composed by Lanier Sammons, Clarinet performance by Tasha Warren

The GLIMPSE and MIPSGAL surveys from the Spitzer Space Telescope reveal Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs) and other star formation activity in the Milky Way. Red is 24 μm, green is 8 μm, and blue is 3.6 μm.


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