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J. Ward Moody
Professor
Contact Information
Office N484 ESC
Phone (801) 422-4347
Cell Phone (801) 372-5484
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Schedule
Teaching
Physics 416A 10:00a - 10:50a MWF N212 ESC
Physics 696R (Faculty supervisor)
Physics 795R (Faculty supervisor)
Office Hours Monday 1-2 and by appointment
Research Meetings Thursday 11-12:00
Assignments ASP Conference Series Staff Meeting Thursday 1 - 4:00
Research
Group Astronomy
Specialty Galaxy nuclear variability, remote observing, large-scale galaxy distribution
Research Site http://rovor.byu.edu
Projects
Testing the standard model of active galactic nuclei through automated multi-color broadband CCD imaging
Background
I received a PhD in Astronomy at the University of Michigan working under Robert Kirshner. I was a post-doc at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of New Mexico working with Stephen Gregory and Jack Burns. After a stint at Weber State University and with Computer Sciences Corporation, I joined the Physics and Astronomy faculty in 1990.

I have conducted research at many of the major telescopes in America spending over 200 nights on Kitt Peak in the first 10 years of my astronomy career. I have been part of the discovery of galaxies in voids, supernovae, and a singular low-temperature carbon star. I hope to better quantify the variability of AGN light to test the basic ideas of the standard black hole and accretion disk model.

I have headed the astronomy group, the physical science program, and currently head the physics and astronomy graduate program. I have been instrumental in building the wonderful Royden G. Derrick planetarium and the new 36" WMO telescope. For 5 years I was the managing editor of the ASP Conference Series, the largest publisher of astronomy conference proceedings in the world. I currently spend most of my time teaching, researching, and mentoring.

 
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