Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog, Professor

4077 Malott Hall
TEL: (785) 864-3910
FAX: (785) 864-5262
Email: bjat@ku.edu

Professional Background:

Professor, KU, 1994-present
Associate Professor, KU, 1988-1994
Assistant Professor, KU, 1982-1988
Visiting Instructor, 1980 - 1982, University of Texas, Austin

Education:

1981: Ph.D., Astronomy, Yale University
1978: M.S., Astronomy, Yale University
1975: B.S., Physics, University of Notre Dame

Honors Awards:

2004  University of Kansas Kemper Award for Teaching Excellence
2004-2005 University of Kansas Woman of Distinction
1995 Kansas Women's Hall of Fame
1995 University of Notre Dame Alumni Award: Woman of Distinction
1993 KU Department of Physics & Astronomy Undergraduate Teaching Award
Member, Sigma Pi Sigma
Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Member, International Astronomical Union
Member, American Astronomical Society
Member, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Research Interests:

My research projects over the past two decades have employed optical observational techniques, particularly photometry in intermediate-band systems, to probe the detailed evolution of stars. Often, the larger goal is to understand the history and evolution of the larger system in which stars and clusters are found, the Milky Way Galaxy. Our stellar astronomy group at KU has pioneered intermediate-band CCD photometry, has developed a successful new photometric metallicity index, and has uncovered a unique view of th-e spatial pattern of chemical composition in the disk of the Milky Way. Through my activities with physics and astronomy students, I have instituted and participated in a tradition of public education in the greater Lawrence community. 

Selected Publication:

1. B. Anthony-Twarog, B. Twarog, L. Mayer, vbyCaHß CCD Photometry of Clusters. VIII.  The Super-Metal-Rich, Old Open Cluster NGC 6791, Astronomical Journal, 133, 1585 (2007).

2. B. Twarog, S. Corder, B. Anthony-Twarog, uvbyCaHß CCD Photometry of Clusters.  VII.  The Intermediate-Age Anticenter Cluster Melotte 71,Astronomical Journal, 132, 299 (2006).

3. B. Anthony-Twarog & B. Twarog, Extended Stromgren Photometry in NGC 752, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 118, 358. (2006)

4. B. A. Twarog, B. J. Anthony-Twarog, N. De Lee, CCD uvbyCaHß Photometry of Clusters. III. The Most Metal-Rich Open Cluster, NGC 6253, Astronomical Journal 125, 1383 (2003).

5. B. Anthony-Twarog, A. Sarajedini, B.A. Twarog, T.C. Beers, A Search for Stars of Very Low Metal Abundance. IV. uvbyCa Observations of Metal Weak Candidates from the Northern HK Survey, Astronomical Journal119, 2882 (2000).

6. B. A. Twarog, K. M. Ashman, B. J. Anthony-Twarog, Some Revised Observational Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of the Galactic Disk, Astronomical Journal 114, 2556 (1997).

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