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Gordon MacAlpine
Zilker Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy


Gordon MacAlpine
Degrees: B.A., Physics, Earlham College, 1967
Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1971

Courses: Stellar and Extragalactic Astronomy, Observational Astronomy Lab, Astrophysics, Introduction to Mechanics, Introduction to Electricity, Magnetism, & Waves

Research: Nebular Astrophysics, Quasars and Active Galaxies, Cosmology, Supernovae, Digital Image Filters

Recent Publication: MacAlpine, G.M., Ecklund, T.C., Lester, W.R., Vanderveer, S.J., & Strolger, L.-G. 2007, Astronomical Journal, Vol. 133, p. 81: "A Spectroscopic Study of Nuclear Processing and the Production of Anomalously Strong Lines in the Crab Nebula"

Service: Advisor to Society of Physics Students, TULIPS, TWIST