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April 14, 2004 - the Centre of
the Universe (not UVic)
 | Jacqueline Porter, the new Manager of the
Centre
of the Universe, was introduced to our membership by Jim Hesser.
Jacqueline talked about the Centre's programs and her vision. |
| The Latest Science from Gemini - Jean-Ren� Roy, Associate
Director for Gemini North,
and he is also the Head of Science. He received his
BSc in Physics from Universit� de Montreal in 1969 and his PhD in Astronomy
from the University of Western Ontario in 1973. Between 1973 and 1977 he
worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech, at the Space Research Laboratory
of the University of Utrecht and at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.
From 1997 until 2000, he was on the staff of the Physics Department of
Universit� Laval in Quebec City, where he led the Astrophysics Research
group for several years. His research interests include chemical build-up
and mixing of the interstellar medium, the role of bars in the evolution of
disk galaxies and the formation of massive stars in sub-critical regimes
such as the extreme outer periphery of disk galaxies. |
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