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Michael Shara. Michael Shara is Curator of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History, and Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University. He received a Ph.D. in astrophysics at Tel-Aviv University in 1978 and held posts at the Universite de Montreal and a faculty position at Arizona State University before moving to the ...
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Tel Aviv University, Ph.D., 1977University of Toronto, M.Sc., 1973University of Toronto, B.Sc., 1971Dr. Shara's research interests include the structure and evolution of novae and supernovae; collisions between stars and the remnant descendants of those collisions; and the populations of stars inhabiting star clusters and galaxies. He frequently observes with the Hubble Space Telescope and other large ground-based telescopes. His research team at...
2023 Mandel, S., Shara, M. et al. 2023. Novae in M51: a new, much higher rate from multi-epoch HST data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society518: 5279-5297 (February). Lanzetta, K, Gromoll, S., Shara, M. et al. 2023. Introducing the Condor Array Telescope. I. Motivation, Configuration, and Performance. Publications of the Astronomical ...
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1. AMNH Masters of Arts in Teaching Program 2. Adjunct Professor, Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, 1999-present 3. Visiting Professor, Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, 1993 Courses Taught 1. Stellar Structure and Evolution, Graduate Course, Columbia University, Fall 2014 Graduate Advisees 1. Graham Kanarek, Columbia University 2. Kathryn Stanonik, Columbia University Graduate Committees
Read an interview with Dr. Shara about the Einstein exhibition. Prior to joining the Museum in 1999, Michael Shara was with the Space Telescope Science Institute at Johns Hopkins for 17 years, where he was responsible for the peer review committees for the Hubble Space Telescope. Dr. Shara received his Ph.D. in 1977 from Tel-Aviv University.
Apr 24, 2015 · To mark the occasion, we spoke with Department of Astrophysics Curator Michael Shara, who worked with the Hubble mission during his time at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Dr. Dr. Shara and his collaborators have logged over 1,000 hours using the telescope for their work on star clusters, novae, and supernovae.
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Jan 21, 2011 · Nevertheless, he says there is some support for the theory, from Shara’s work as well as his own. True or not, Shara’s theory has generated much discussion and research. Naylor and Shara may disagree on the details, but the dispute is purely academic and both see it as useful and fun. “I thoroughly enjoyed arguing with Mike,” says Naylor.
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Aug 10, 2012 · Dr. Michael Shara's research interests include the structure and evolution of novae and supernovae; collisions between stars and the remnant descendants of t...
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