Karen Knierman is an astronomer and astrophysicist. She studies star formation in colliding galaxies using telescopes in Arizona and in space including the Hubble Space Telescope. She is also a leader in astronomy and physics education and public outreach particularly to minority students and their families. She received her bachelor's degree from Penn State, her master's degree from University of Arizona, and her doctorate from Arizona State University. She has served as faculty at Mesa and Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges. She was awarded the National Science Foundation Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship. She is currently a lecturer and the Online Degree program head for the upcoming BS in Astronomical and Planetary Sciences.
Galaxy mergers, star formation, tidal debris of major and minor mergers; formation of young massive star clusters; star formation in low pressure, low metallicity environments; multiwavelength observational astronomy: UV, optical, IR, millimeter, sub-mm, radio
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
AST 114 | Astronomy Laboratory II |
SES 376 | Comm Astro & Planet Sci I |
SES 377 | Comm Astro & Planet Sci II |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SES 123 | Earth,Solar Sys & Universe Lab |
SES 376 | Comm Astro & Planet Sci I |
SES 377 | Comm Astro & Planet Sci II |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
AST 114 | Astronomy Laboratory II |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SES 123 | Earth,Solar Sys & Universe Lab |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SES 106 | Habitable Worlds |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
AST 113 | Astronomy Laboratory I |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
AST 111 | Intro/Solar Systems Astronomy |
AST 113 | Astronomy Laboratory I |
AST 114 | Astronomy Laboratory II |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
AST 111 | Intro/Solar Systems Astronomy |
AST 113 | Astronomy Laboratory I |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
American Astronomical Society
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