Prof. Dr. Douglas R. Gies

Regents' Professor of Astronomy and Director of CHARA · Department of Physics and Astronomy · Georgia State University

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Academic focus & active research

Prof. Dr. Douglas R. Gies leads high-angular-resolution stellar astrophysics, directing the CHARA Array to directly image stellar surfaces and circumstellar gas disks.

Optical Stellar Interferometry Massive Star Evolution Binary Star Dynamics Be Star Circumstellar Disks

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Institution: Georgia State University
Department / Faculty: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Primary Field: Optical Stellar Interferometry
Campus Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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