Peter Frinchaboy's Webpage
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dr. Peter Frinchaboy

 Department of Physics & Astronomy
Office Phone: (817) 257-6387
Dept. Office: (817) 257-7375
p.frinchaboy [at] tcu.edu

TEACHING

  Current Courses (Spring 2010):
  PHYS 20073/13 - Introductory Astronomy (Stars, galaxies, & cosmology)

  Previous Courses:
  PHYS 20073/13 - Introductory Astronomy (Solar System)
  PHYS 30111 - Experimental Astronomy

RESEARCH

TCU Research Group:
Peter Frinchaboy (Assistant Professor)
Cassidy Newton* (PhD student)
Frank Matthews (Graduate student)
Drew Chojnowski (Undergraduate student)
Kelly Jackson (Undergraduate student)
Aaron Rocha (Undergraduate student)
 Former Students
Danielle Nielsen (Colby College; REU advised at U Wisconsin)
Justin Adkins (Eastern Kentuky U.; REU advised at U Wisconsin)




   *Co-advising with Drs. Marcum (TCU/NASA AMES) and Fanelli (TCU/NASA AMES)

POSITIONS

  Presently:
  Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University
  SDSS-III: TCU Lead Scientist
  SDSS-III: Team Leader (Calibration & Field Selection), /Apache Pt. Obs. Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)
  GLIMPSE-360 - Spitzer Space Telescope Explorations Science Project team member

  Previously:
  2006-2009 NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow,
                     University of Wisconsin-Madison,   (click here for info).
  2006 Ph.D., University of Virginia

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