Adrian L. Melott, Professor

4075 Malott Hall
TEL: (785) 864-3037
FAX: (785) 864-5262
Email: melott@ku.edu
Home Page: http://kusmos.phsx.ku.edu/~melott/Melott.html

Professional Background:

1994-Present: Professor, Physics & Astronomy, University of Kansas
1990-1994: Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy, University of Kansas
1986-1990: Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy, University of Kansas
1983-1986: Enrico Fermi Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
1984: Visiting Researcher, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara
1983: IAU Visiting Astronomer, Oxford University
1983: IREX Fellow, Moscow State University
1982: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pittsburgh

Education:

1981: Ph.D., Physics, University of Texas

Honors Awards:

2007 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2003: Outstanding Educator Award, Pi Delta Kappa Education Fraternity
2002: Distinguished Alumni Achievment Award, Bethany College
2002: Joseph A.Burton Forum Award, American Physical Society
2001: Steeples Award for Service to the Citizens of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
1996:Fellow of the American Physical Society
1987: Dudley Award, Dudley Observatory
Member: American Astronomical Society, Royal Astronomical Society (U.K.), Geological Society of America and The Paleontological Society.

Research Interests:

Astrobiophysics; Computational Physical Cosmology  

Selected Publications:

1. Superluminous supernovae: No threat from n Carinae (B. C. Thomas, A.L. Melott, B. D. Fields, and B. J. Anthony-Twarog ), Astrobiology, 8, (1), 9016 (2008) doi: 10.1089/ast.2007.0181.

2. Do Extragalactic Cosmic Rays Induce Cycles in Fossil Diversity? (M.V. Medvedev and A.L. Melott), Astrophysical Journal, 664, 879 (2007).

3. Modeling atmospheric effects of the September 1859 Solar Flare (B.C. Thomas, C.H. Jackman, and A.L. Melott) Geophysical Research Letters 34, L06810, doi: 10.1029/2006GL029174, (2007)

4. Terrestrial Consequences of Spectral and Temporal Variability in Ionizing Photon Events (L.M. Ejzak, A.L. Melott, M.V. Medvedev, and B.C. Thomas) Astrophysical Journal, 654, 373 (2007).

5. Gamma-ray bursts and terrestrial planet atmospheres (B.C. Thomas and A.L. Melott) New Journal of Physics 8, 120   doi:10.1088/1367-2630/8/7/120 (2006).

6. Gamma-ray bursts and the Earth: Exploration of Atmospheric, Biological, Climatic, and Biogeochemical Effects,B.C. Thomas, A. L. Melott, C.H. Jackman, C.M. Laird, M.V. Medvedev, R.S. Stolarski, N. Gehrels, J.K. Cannizzo, D.P. Hogan, and L.M. Ejzak, Astrophysical Journal, 634, 509 (2005)

7. Climatic and Biogeochemical Effects of a Galactic Gamma-Ray Burst, A. L. Melott, B. C. Thomas, D. P. Hogan, L. M. Ejzak, and C. H. Jackman, 32, L14808 doi:10.1029/2005GL023073 Geophysical Research Letters (2005)

8. Universal Behavior of Phase Correlations in Non-linear Gravitational Clustering (P. Watts, P. Coles, and A.L. Melott) Astrophysical Journal Letters, 589, L61 (2003)

9. The Topology of Large Scale Structure in the Universe (A.L. Melott) Physics Reports 193, 1 (1990)

10. Gravity in Twisted Space (K. Farrar and A.L. Melott) Computers in Physics 4, 185 (1990)

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