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My main research interests are the formation, evolution and dynamics of galaxies in a cosmological context. In particular, I am very interested in the formation and structure of disk galaxies, the shapes of dark matter halos of disk galaxies and galaxy groups, how galaxies interact with their satellite galaxies, galactic warps, and tidal streams around galaxies.
Some specific projects I am currently working on are:
The formation of globular clusters in self-consistent cosmological hydro simulations, with Bill Harris, Hugh Couchman, James Wadsley, Sergey Mashchenko (McMaster).
Galaxy classification in large galaxy surveys, with Bill Harris (McMaster).
Measuring the shapes of galactic dark matter halos using SDSS satellite galaxies, with Peder Norberg (St. Andrews), Chris Power, (Leicester), Dennis Zaritsky, Stéphane Herbert-Fort (Arizona), Brad Gibson (Central Lancashire), James Taylor (Waterloo).
Modeling 2D velocity fields of disks in triaxial dark matter halos, with Josh Simon (Caltech), Alberto Bolatto (Berkeley), Chris Power (Leicester), Brad Gibson (Central Lancashire).
Modeling the interactions between M31 and its satellites, with Karl Gordon, George Rieke (Arizona), Emma Kirby (ANU), Alister Graham (Swinburne).
Modeling the destruction of the Sgr dSph, with Geraint Lewis (Sydney), Tim Hendtlass (Swinburne).
The alignment of galactic disks and their dark matter halos, with Daisuke Kawata (Carnegie), Brad Gibson (Central Lancashire), Alexander Knebe, Matthias Steinmetz (AIP), Julio Navarro (UMass).
The acquisition of angular momentum by dark matter halos and gas, with Chris Power (Leicester), Shaun Hooper, Chris Fluke (Swinburne).
MUGS: The McMaster Unbiased Galaxy Simulations, with Greg Stinson, Hugh Couchman, James Wadsley (McMaster).
The distribution function of cosmological dark matter halos, with Larry Widrow (Queens), Chris Power (Leicester).
Last edited 14 April 2008.