Present PositionResearch ScientistCRESST/USRA/NASA/GSFC Swift Science Centre Brief BioStephen Holland received his PhD in Astronomy from the University of British Columbia in 1997. His thesis work involved deep colour-magnitude studies of the stellar populations in the halo and globular clusters of M31. From 1998 to 2000 he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Danish Centre for Astrophysics with the HST in Århus, Denmark. His research at the time was stellar populations in the Local Group and the optical afterglows of gamma-ray bursts. From 2001 to 2003 he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame in the US working on gamma-ray bursts and using supernovae to probe dark energy. Since 2003 Dr Holland has been a research scientist at the Swift Science Centre located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre. In 2001 he was a guest researcher at ESO Headquarters in Germany, and in 2006 he was a guest researcher at the Niels Bohr institute in Denmark.Educational BackgroundPhD Astronomy - University of British ColumbiaThesis Title: The Globular Clusters and Halo of M31 MSc Astronomy - McMaster University Thesis Title: A Colour-Magnitude Study of Palomar 14 BSc Physics and Astronomy - University of Victoria Research InterestsMy main research interest is understanding the physics of gamma-ray bursts, in particular, their optical afterglows. I am also interested in the environments that gamma-ray bursts occur in, and their host galaxies. Other research interests include stellar population studies in the Local Group and core-collapse supernovae.Current ProjectsThe optical afterglows of gamma-ray burstsUltraviolet studies of globular clusters in M31 and M33 Hot stars in Omega Centauri Selected PublicationsPublications at the ADS website.
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