Jul 11, 2015
Dr. Romanowsky is a faculty member of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at San Jose State University, and a researcher at the University of California Observatories (UCO). He uses dynamics to study dark matter, black holes, star clusters, and galaxies. He is one of the lead investigators in the SLUGGS (SAGES Legacy Unifying Globulars and GalaxieS) Survey with the Keck and Subaru telescopes.
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