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Smiling older man with glasses, short light hair, and a mustache, wearing a light blue collared shirt—Bruce Hrivnak.

Bruce Hrivnak

Senior Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy

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219.464.5379

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Education

  • Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics — University of Pennsylvania (1980)
  • B.A. in physics — University of Pennsylvania (1971)

Biography

Bruce Hrivnak’s research focuses on:

Light and velocity variability in proto-planetary nebulae

Mid-IR spectroscopy of evolved stars in the Milky Way Galaxy and in the Large Magellanic Clouds

Using H2 to probe the nebular structure in proto-planetary nebulae

Interests

  • Multi-wavelength observational studies of evolved stars
  • Photometry and spectroscopy of binary star systems

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