Roy Gal's Homepage

Welcome to Roy Gal's Web Page

I am an Assistant Astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawai'i - Manoa. My main research interests are galaxy clusters, galaxy evolution in different environments, and sky surveys. You can read more about my research here.

Press Releases / Info:
Astronomers Map Action in the Cosmic Suburbs May 2007
Astronomers hot on the trail of nature's exotic flashers May 2005
Caltech observes brightest gamma-ray burst so far March 1999

This semester (Spring 2012) I am teaching ASTR110 - Survey of Astronomy - Section 5
If you are a student in my class, all class materials are provided on Laulima.
You can also "Like" the class' Facebook Page.

I am faculty chair of the Friends of the IfA, which includes a donor program and outreach activities.
I am also involved in many other outreach programs, and run IfA's participation in the SEE-IT Hawaii engineering and technology exposition.

Roy Gal
Institute for Astronomy
University of Hawaii
2680 Woodlawn Dr.
Honolulu, HI 96822
rgal at ifa dot hawaii dot edu
(808) 956-6235