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Dr. Marc Gagné
Professor, Assistant Chair
College of Sciences and Mathematics - Earth and Space Sciences
Bio
Dr. Marc Gagné and his students study X-ray emission from stars, especially massive hot. Students in his research group analyze data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and perform 3D magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of the magnetized winds on these massive stars. With collaborators at Swarthmore College, Penn State, the University of Delaware, and the University of Notre Dame, their research seeks to understand the mechanisms which produce the x-rays seen from the most massive young stars. Gagné has written a textbook and lab activities in support of his course on Galaxies and Cosmology, and loves to present the latest discoveries on Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, the Big Bang and Exoplanets.
Education
- B.Sc., Université de Montréal, 1986
- Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1994
Media
Daily Local News, 2017