Contact Information

Research Interests

• Ground-based Very-High-Energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy using the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique.
• Emission of VHE gamma rays by active galactic nuclei (AGN).
• Alignment of Cherenkov imaging telescopes.
• Member of the  VERITAS Collaboration, which is a large international VHE gamma-ray astronomy research collaboration based at the Whipple Observatory in Arizona.

See the Gamma-ray Astronomy Group web page on the NUI Galway Centre for Astronomy web site for more details.

Key/recent publications

List of referred publications generated by NASA ADS.

Follow this link to go to a listing of papers published in conference proceedings by the VERITAS Collaboration over the past few years. 

Teaching responsibilities

• Lecture Courses
  • First Year:      PH101 Physics (Waves, Sound, & Electricity section of course)
  • First Year:      PH103 Astronomy (Semester 2 section of course)
  • Second Year:  PH212 Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves
  • Third Year:     PH306 Nuclear & Particle Physics
• Laboratory Duties
  • First Year Physics Laboratory teaching
  • Supervision of Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment for Fourth Year Physics students.
  • Supervision of Fourth Year Physics project work.
• Administrative Duties
  
  • Chair of School of Physics Learning, Teaching & Assessment Committee.
  • Member of College of Science Learning, Teaching & Assessment Committee.
  • School of Physics contact person for the NUI, Galway Hardiman Library.