Steward Observatory maintains an active research group in the area of star formation and early stellar evolution. Most of our efforts are observational and we make extensive use of the telescopes of the Steward Observatory located in southern Arizona, the Infrared Space Observatory , The Hubble Space Telescope , SIRTF as well as other international observatories around the world from the millimeter to x-ray wavelengths. In addition, we collaborate with members of the Theoretical Astrophysics Program and the Lunar and Planetary Lab in order to enhance our research endeavors. Topics of interest to the staff of the Steward Observatory include:

Painting copyright Dr. Wm. Hartmann ( Planetary Science Institute) .

Molecular Cloud Cores and Protostars:

Aldo Apponni , Chris Groppi , Abby Hedden, Craig Kulesa , Chris Walker, Erick Young , and Lucy Ziurys .

Winds, Jets, and Outflows from Young Stellar Objects:

John Bieging, James Muzerolle, Chris Walker, and Erick Young .

Disks and Envelopes Around Young Stars:

Robert Brown, Laird Close, Nadja Gorlova, Dean Hines, Phil Hinz, J. Serena Kim, Aigen Li, Frank Low , Eric Mamajek , Michael Meyer , James Muzerolle, Amaya Moro-Martin, Dan Potter, Glen Schneider, Murray Silverstone , and Wilson Liu.

Massive Star Formation in GMCs and the Galactic Center:

Angela Cotera, Mathew Kenworthy, Andrea Leistra, Michael Meyer , George Rieke , and Marcia Rieke.

Young Stellar Clusters:

Julia Greissl, Ben D. Oppenheimer, J. Serena Kim, Wilson Liu, Eric Mamajek , Michael Meyer , James Muzerolle, George Rieke , and Erick Young .

Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Giant Planets:

Roger Angel, Adam Burrows, Laird Close, Melanie Freed , Nadja Gorlova, Phil Hinz, James Liebert, Michael Meyer , Nick Siegler, Glen Schneider, David Sudarsky, Murray Silverstone , and Nick Woolf.

Additional members of our group from other institutions include Harold Butner (SMT), Al Cameron (LPL), David Kring (LPL), Dante Lauretta (LPL), Jonathan Lunine (LPL), Jeff Mangum (NRAO), Renu Malhotra (LPL), Joan Najita (NOAO), Steve Strom (NOAO), and Stu Weidenschilling (PSI).

We also have a dynamic schedule of visitors to our group. Interested scientists are encouraged to contact an appropriate member of our research group and arrange a visit.

Recent work from our group can be found in the Star Formation Research Group Preprint Archive..

Every other week we meet to discuss current research in star and planet formation from 12:30-1:30 pm in Steward Observatory N305 . Please join us! For more information regarding our bi-weekly discussion group please contact James Muzerolle at
(jamesm@as.arizona.edu)

Other sites related to star and planet formation including meeting announcements (under construction).

Back to the Steward Observatory Home Page.

Go to the homepage for the NGST Star and Planet Formation Study Group.

Go to the homepage for the SIRTF Legacy Science Program "Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Placing Our Solar System in Context"

Go to the homepage for the UofA/NOAO NASA Astrobiology Institute Mode: The Laplace Center

Go to the homepage for the Star Formation/ISM Panel for Gemini