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Students
A list of current students working with the AGN research group and some
brief information about them.
Name: Najin Aryan
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Email: Jadzianna@aol.com
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College: UC Denver
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Major: Physics
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Minor: Astrophysics
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Astronomy! (of course!), drawing, swimming, reading, sci-fi shows,
hiking, and skiing (before my knee went bad). |
Physics
and Me: I have been interested in astronomy since a very young
age, and have followed the field closely for most of my life. In high
school, I was the top student in my school’s pioneer astronomy class,
and I helped the Denver Astronomical Society host several star parties
at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. In college, I decided to
pursue astrophysics as a career, and I worked for Dr. Sadun on his AGN
studies for several months in 1999 before I had to take a break from
college. Once I had saved up enough money, I came back to college, and
have been working with Dr. Sadun again since winter of 2004. Once I
earn my degree in physics, I hope to get a teaching certificate, so
that I may teach astronomy and physics at the high school level. I then
plan to work on my master's and doctorate degrees, so that I can
eventually teach at the college level.
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| Name: Timothy Hatchett |
College: UC Denver
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Major: Physics
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About Me: My
name is Timothy
Hatchett and I am astrophysics’ at the University of Colorado
Denver Health and Science. I have been interested in physics and
astronomy since I was a little kid. I plan on doing research in
either gravity or black holes, these are my favorite things in
physics, things that very little is known about. I am currently a
Junior in the Physics program and plan to graduate in 2008.
Right now I am helping out Dr Sadun with studying Active Galactic
Nuclei, AGN, which
are galaxies that have very bright nucleuses. A type of AGN is a
Quasars which are distant galaxies at the edge of the known universe
and the core of the galaxy outshines the edges by so much it is hard
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Interests: When outside I enjoy
mountain biking, rock climbing, and hiking. When inside I like spending
my free time reading science fiction books, watching movies, and
messing around with various projects that range from linux related
things to making homemade electrical devices like a headphone amp.
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Physics
and Me: It was a dark and stormy night. I had just
returned from the book store with my weekly purchase. By chance I had
come across this book called "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!" It was
not the type of book I normally purchase, but once I started reading it
I enjoyed it so much I got through it that night. The next day, which
was a lot sunnier and rather pleasant, I went back to the
bookstore and purchased the other books in the "series." From these
books my curiosity into the
world of physics grew and started me on my slow downward spiral into
the deep, dark depths of the world physics.
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Name: Anne
Andrew
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Email: Annii99@gmail.com
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College:
UC Denver
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Major: Physics
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Minors:
Astrophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Spanish.
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| Interests: Quantum physics, cats,
religious theory, neuroscience, theoretical physics, psychology,
particle physics, languages, botany, elemental chemistry, geophysics,
astrophysics, dinosaurs, and "Star Trek" |
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and Me: Plain and simple, I want to be a professional student.
Really, I would love to get a degree in every science I have ever been
exposed to . I find them all so fascinating. I had to decide where to
start so I chose physics, I figure that's as good a starting place as
any, but I could not settle with just physics so I have minors in three
other sciences. As it turns out I may have to triple major so I would
be able to get masters degrees in biology and chemistry as well. In the
end I would like to have degrees in quantum physics, neuroscience,
chemistry, and psychology but truly I want degrees in as many sciences
as I can get funding for and to pass-down everything I learn to future
generations of scientists. |
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