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My Research Topics
My Research Topics
1. Galaxy and Globular Cluster Formation in Hierarchical Cosmologies
2. Creating Diffuse Light at Large Galactic Radii by Accretion
3. Estimating Galaxy Masses
4. Formation of Elliptical Galaxies Through Mergers of Multiple Galaxies
5. Formation of Shell and Ring Galaxies
Hey, I got paid to create universes and smash galaxies together. Cool.
Education
Ph.D.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Thesis Title: Galactic Dynamics and Evolution: Mergers and Infall
Advisor: Professor Lars Hernquist
B.S.
Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University
Summa Cum Laude
Experience
City College of San Francisco
2001-Present Professor, Astronomy Department
2004-2008 Executive Council of the Academic Senate
2006-2008 Officer of the Executive Council
Spring 2008 Acting Chair
2009-2010 Sabbatical: Universities of Notre Dame, Oxford, Cambridge, Toronto, McMaster
2010-2011 Curriculum Committee
2011-2012 Executive Council of the Academic Senate
2011-2016 Chair, Curriculum Committee
2020-2021 Academic Senate Election Commissioner
2018-2025 Scholarship Committee
City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan
1999-2001 Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
2000-2001 Deputy Chair, Director, Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
1998-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Columbia University, New York
1997-98 Research Fellow, Astronomy Department
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College
University of Oxford, England
1995-97 Postdoctoral Fellow, Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics Departments
1997 Astrophysics Tutor
University of California, Santa Cruz
1991-95 Research Assistant for Prof. Lars Hernquist
1992-93 Teaching Assistant Trainer
1990-91 Research Assistant for Prof. Douglas N.C. Lin
1990-91 Teaching Assistant
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
1986-89 Research Assistant for Dr. Francisco P.J. Valero
Experience
City College of San Francisco
2001-Present Professor, Astronomy Department
2004-2008 Executive Council of the Academic Senate
2006-2008 Officer of the Executive Council
Spring 2008 Acting Chair
2009-2010 Sabbatical: Universities of Notre Dame, Oxford, Cambridge, Toronto, McMaster
2010-2011 Curriculum Committee
2011-2012 Executive Council of the Academic Senate
2011-2016 Chair, Curriculum Committee
2020-2021 Academic Senate Election Commissioner
2018-2025 Scholarship Committee
City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan
1999-2001 Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
2000-2001 Deputy Chair, Director, Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
1998-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Columbia University, New York
1997-98 Research Fellow, Astronomy Department
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College
University of Oxford, England
1995-97 Postdoctoral Fellow, Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics Departments
1997 Astrophysics Tutor
University of California, Santa Cruz
1991-95 Research Assistant for Prof. Lars Hernquist
1992-93 Teaching Assistant Trainer
1990-91 Research Assistant for Prof. Douglas N.C. Lin
1990-91 Teaching Assistant
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
1986-89 Research Assistant for Dr. Francisco P.J. Valero
Faculty Grants
Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program Project Director 2000-2004
PSC-CUNY Research Award 1999-2001
Title III Educational Technology Faculty Development Program Grant 1999 - 2001
CUNY Office of Academic Affairs Research Equipment Grant 1999 - 2000
NASA Space Grant Project Director 1998
Student Honors and Fellowships
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship 1991-94
Zonta International Foundation Amelia Earhart Fellowship 1991-92
NASA Space Grant Fellowship 1990-91
Stratospheric-Tropospheric Exchange Project Recognition, NASA Ames Research Center 1988
Outstanding Graduate of the Year, San Francisco State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy 1984-85
San Francisco State University Outstanding Academic Achievement Award 1985
Selected Publications
Pudritz, R. & Weil, M. L. 2003, Globular cluster formation, in New Horizons in Globular Cluster Astronomy, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 296, Padova, Italy, ed. G. Piotto, G. Meylan, S. Djorgovski and M. Riello, p. 419.
Weil, M.L. & Pudritz, R. 2002, Evolution of supergiant star-forming clouds in a Lambda-CDM cosmology, American Astronomical Society 201st Meeting, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Social, Vol. 34, p. 1190.
Weil, M.L. & Pudritz, R. 2001, Cosmological evolution of supergiant star-forming clouds, Astrophysical Journal 556, 164.
Weil, M.L. 1999, A comparison of simple galaxy mass estimators, in Galaxy Dynamics, proceedings of the Galaxy Dynamics Conference at Rutgers University, ASP Conference Series, astro-ph 9811032.
Weil, M.L., Eke, V.R. & Efstathiou, G. 1998, The formation of disc galaxies, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 300, 773.
Weil, M.L. 1998, Clumps and bumps on the road to galaxy formation, Nature 392, 228.
Dutta, S. N., Statler, T. S., & Weil, M., 1997, Distribution Functions from Numerical Simulations, in The Nature of Elliptical Galaxies; 2nd Stromlo Symposium. ASP Conference Series; Vol. 116; ed. M. Arnaboldi; G. S. Da Costa; and P. Saha, p.101.
Weil, M.L., Bland-Hawthorn, J. & Malin, D.F. 1997, Diffuse stellar light at 100 kpc scales in M87, Astrophysical Journal 490, 664.
Weil, M.L. & Hernquist, L. 1996, Global properties of multiple merger remnants, Astrophysical Journal 460, 101.
Weil, M.L. & Hernquist, L. 1994, Kinematic misalignments in remnants of multiple mergers, Astrophysical Journal 431, L79.
Weil, M.L. & Hernquist, L. 1994, Gas in shell galaxies: non-spherical potentials, in Mass-Transfer Induced Activity in Galaxies, ed. I. Shlosman, Cambridge University Press, 408.
Weil, M.L. & Hernquist, L. 1993, Nuclear distribution of gas in shell galaxies, in The Globular Cluster- Galaxy Connection, proceedings of the Eleventh Santa Cruz Summer Workshop in Astronomy and Astrophysics, ed. G.H Smith and J.P. Brodie, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 48, 629.
Hernquist, L. & Weil, M.L. 1993, Spokes in ring galaxies, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 261, 804.
Hernquist, L. & Weil, M.L. 1993, Spokes in ring galaxies, in The Evolution of Galaxies and Their Environment, proceedings of the Third Teton Summer School, ed. D. Hollenbach, H. Thronson, J.M. Shull, NASA Conference Publication 3190, 365.
Weil, M.L. & Hernquist, L. 1993, Segregation of gas and stars in shell galaxies, Astrophysical Journal 405, 142.
Weil, M.L. & Hernquist, L. 1993, Gas distribution and starbursts in shell galaxies, in The Evolution of Galaxies and Their Environment, proceedings of the Third Teton Summer School, ed. D. Hollenbach, H. Thronson, J.M. Shull, NASA Conference Publication 3190, 153.
Hernquist, L. & Weil, M.L. 1992, Starbursts in the nuclei of shell galaxies, Nature 358, 734.
Valero, F.P.J., Ackerman, T.P., Gore, W.J.Y. & Weil, M.L. 1989, Radiation studies in the Arctic, in Aerosols and Climate, ed. P.V. Hobbes and M.P. Mc Cormick, A. Deepak Publishing.
Valero, F.P.J., Gore, W.J.Y., Weil, M.L. & Ackerman, T.P. 1986, Measurements of the absorption of solar radiation by aerosols and optical depths in the Arctic atmosphere, EOS 67.
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