Present PositionAdjunct Research Professor at Catholic University of AmericaBrief BioDr. Verner did her M.Sc. at MGPI (RUSSIA) and Ph.D. at UofT(CANADA). She was at Goddard since 2001 after completining Ph D. Scientific interests include spectroscopy, line formation, elemental abundances studies in QSOs. She is a PI and co-I on several NASA and NSF grants to study topics related to Fe II spectra formation and line analysis in astrophysical plasma.Educational BackgroundPh. D. in Astrophysics, Univ. of Toronto, Canada, Jun. 2000Thesis Advisor: Prof. Peter Martin, Thesis Title: “Fe II Emission from H II Regions and Active Galactic Nuclei” M. S. in teaching of physics and astronomy, Moscow State Pedagogical Institute (MGPI), 1984 Special education in math and physics, physics and mathematics school N2, Moscow, 1979 Research InterestsTheoretical and observational studies of chemical abundances and physical conditions in interstellar medium, nebulae, symbiotics, and quasars - Photoionization modeling of astrophysical plasmas - Atomic data for astrophysics - Excitation mechanisms of molecules in comets - Chemical equilibrium modeling for molecules in envelopes of carbon rich starsCurrent ProjectsNSF, theoretical studies, "Tracing the Metallicity in High Redshift Quasars with Fe II Spectra, Grant AST-0206150, E. Verner (PI)NASA, SPITZER observations, "Spitzer Imagery & Spectroscopy of Symbiotics with Extended Nebulosity", F. Bruhweiler (PI) NASA, Eta Carinae spectroscopical studies, T. Gull (PI) WRRI, “Air-deposited pollutants in the Anacostia river watershed”, A. Adebyao (PI)
| |||
|
A service of the
Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at
NASA's
GSFC
|
