Posted on Oct 1, 2004

Rebecca
A. Koopmann, assistant
professor of physics and astronomy, has authored two papers (with J. D. P.
Kenney, Yale University) appearing in the Oct. 1 volume of Astrophysical Journal: “Massive
Star Formation Rates and Radial Distributions from H-alpha Imaging of 84 Virgo
Cluster and Isolated Spiral Galaxies,” and “H-alpha Morphologies and
Environmental Effects in Virgo Cluster Spiral Galaxies.” She was recently
awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $34,000 for a project titled
“The HI Mass Function in Different Environments.”