Richard J. Wainscoat

Address


Institute for Astronomy
2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822
U.S.A.

+1 808 956 8429 (voice)
+1 808 956 9590 (fax)


Email address


rjw@ifa.hawaii.edu


Education


B.Sc. (Hons), 1981, University of Western Australia (Physics)
Ph.D. 1987, Australian National University (Astronomy)

Employment


July 1999 - present: Specialist with tenure, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii

July 1998 - June 1999: Specialist, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii

January 1996 - June 1998: Associate Specialist, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii

July 1994 - December 1995: Associate Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii

October 1989 - June 1994: Assistant Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii

December 1986 - September 1989: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center


Research Interests


Near Earth Asteroids and Potentially Hazardous Objects
Pan-STARRS telescope
Solar system astronomy
Galactic structure
Dust lanes in spiral galaxies, edge-on galaxies
Dwarf galaxies
Dark matter
High-resolution color imaging of astronomical objects