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Stefan Mochnacki

Associate Professor, Emeritus

Pronouns:

he/him

Department: 

DADDAA

Research:

Binary stars, instrumentation, stellar spectroscopy

Education:

Ph.D. 1977, British Columbia

Development and operation of instruments for small satellites such as BRITE Constellation. Properties and evolution of contact binary stars. Techniques for accurate computation of light curves and spectral line profiles of close binary stars, including previously neglected numerical and relativistic effects. Spectroscopy of late-type stars, their rotation and variation