HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Konkoly Thege Miklós Astronomical Institute

Williger, Gerard

Williger, Gerard

Honorary Associate, currently on sabbatical from Univ Louisville,
hosted by Ábrahám Péter and Kóspál Ágnes

Education:
PhD Cambridge University, advisor Bob Carswell
BS Ohio State University, advisor Gerald Newsom

current other affiliation: Professor of Astronomy, Univ. Louisville, in Kentucky, USA

Previous affiliations:
Univ. de Nice, France: Prof. des Universites, Cl. II
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore MD, USA: research scientist, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer team, under Warren Moos
NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt MD, USA: research scientist, Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph team, mentors Bruce Woodgate and Sally Heap
MPI fuer Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany: post-doc
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory: post-doc, mentor Jack Baldwin

E-mail: gerard.williger [at] * where * = csfk.org
other e-mail: gmwill06 [at] # where # = louisville.edu
Telephone: (+36-1) 391-9352 (office)

Refereed Publications: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/IrVZA_onTK6lkbViLoNYyA
Office / Iroda: Room 221

Research / Kutató:

Observational Astronomy, with a concentration in spectroscopy
Circumgalactic Medium
Large-Scale Structure
Proto-planetary disks

Teaching and outreach / Tanítás és a nyilvánosság tájékoztatása

General Education astronomy for non-scientists
Junior-Senior-first year graduate level astrophysics
Introductory Astrobiology
Quasars and Black Holes for non-scientists

Outreach in general astronomy with a specialisation in solar and lunar eclipses