Sean Moran's Home Page
smm@astro.caltech.edu
MC 105-24
Pasadena, CA 91125
Robinson Hall, Room 3, 626-395-4001
Hello! Welcome to the home page of Dr. Sean Moran, recent graduate of the astronomy program at Caltech.
My CV: PDF
and Publications: PDF
(Updated 01/17/07)
Sean has moved!
Please visit my new (and slightly updated home page at Johns Hopkins University.
Research
Publications
Dynamical Evidence for Environmental Evolution of Intermediate Redshift Spiral Galaxies
The Dynamical Influence of a Planet at Semimajor Axis 3.4 AU on the Dust Around Epsilon Eridani
A Panoramic
Mid-infrared Survey of Two Distant Clusters
Evolution Since z=1
of the Morphology-density Relation of Galaxies
(Updated 08/16/07) Other Interests
Skiing
Growing up in New
England, I learned to love skiing, but I've been amazed to see how
infinitely better skiing is out here in the West. I'm the grad student in charge of
planning the annual astronomy department ski trip. Most years, we head
up through the Owens Valley to Mammoth Mountain, or its
quieter neighbor June Lake.
Sailing
I used to race small sailboats like these. But nowadays
I'm content to rent a boat for the afternoon every once in a
while. I'd love to spend some time learning to handle larger boats, so
I can charter a yacht for a
vacation someday.
Photography
I have an amateur interest in photography; right now, I'm mostly
playing around with my shooting technique using my Canon S60 camera. I
come up with a few decent shots, but I'm still learning by trial and
error. I got some nice shots on our recent honeymoon trip to Tahiti;
you can take a look at a small gallery of my favorites here.
My research
interests include looking for signatures of galaxy evolution in
the populations of distant galaxy clusters (like the one pictured at right, Cl 0024). The properties of galaxies found deep in the densest parts of
clusters tend to be very different from those of galaxies found outside
of such environments. My thesis work centers on a survey of galaxies
in two clusters at intermediate redshift, with the aim of studying
how a galaxy's properties can be affected and transformed by its
environment. Using optical spectroscopy from the DEIMOS instrument on
the
Page last updated on 08/16/07.