Dr. Denise Gabuzda


College Lecturer
Physics Department
University College Cork
Ireland

Phone:+353-21-4902003
  or  +353-21-4902468
Fax : +353-21-4276949
Email:gabuzda@phys.ucc.ie




Education
1988 Ph.D. in Physics
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Thesis Title: VLBI Polarization Measurements of BL Lacertae Objects
Thesis advisors: Dr. J. F. C. Wardle and Dr. D. H. Roberts
1983 M.A. in Physics
Brandeis University
1982 B.A. in Physics and Astronomy
Swarthmore College

Professional Employment

1/2008-- Senior Lecturer,
Department of Physics University College Cork, Ireland
1/2002--1/2008 College Lecturer,
Department of Physics University College Cork, Ireland
2/1999--1/2002 Support Scientist,
Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
9/1998--1/1999 Visiting Professor,
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Japan
8/1998--9/1998 Visiting Researcher, Observatoire de Bordeaux, Floirac, France
2/1996-- Senior Scientist,
Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
1995-- English Editor of "Astronomy Reports", the English translation of "Astronomicheskii Zhurnal"
6/1994--1/1996 Visiting Researcher, Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
4/1991--5/1994 Research Associate in Astrophysics,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
8/1989--3/1991 Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
9/1988--7/1989 Assistant Professor of Physics,
Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA

Research Interests

  • High-resolution studies of Active Galactic Nuclei using Very Long Baseline Interferometry and other techniques
  • The relativistic radio jets of AGN: nature of the observed intensity and magnetic field structures and their evolution
  • Space VLBI polarization observations
  • VLBI studies of radio stars

Publications

Large 18-22cm MOJAVE VLBA Project