Personal
- Name: Aaron T. Lee, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Research Website: astroalee.com
- Email: atl8@stmarys-ca.edu
- Office: Galileo 103b
- Office Hours: Office hours currently by appointment. Make one here
- YouTube Channel for online lectures and content: YouTube Page
Courses
Fall 2021 (anticipated)
- Physics 90, Introduction to Astronomy
- Physics 91, Introduction to Astronomy, Lab
- Physics 102, Computational Physics
Spring 2021
- Physics 90, Introduction to Astronomy
- Physics 91, Introduction to Astronomy, Lab
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
- Physics 11L, Introduction to Physics 2, Lab
- Physics 91, Introduction to Astronomy, Lab
Fall 2019
Research Interests
Orcid ID: External Page
My research focuses on understanding the formation of stars in our Milky Way galaxy and other galaxies. I approach these problems using a mixture of analytical and numerical techniques. Additionally, I enjoy thinking about college level pedagogy, the instruction of introductory STEM courses, the professional development of higher education faculty, and general science communication.
Select Publications
- The highly variable time evolution of star-forming cores identified via dendrogram, Smullen, R., Kratter, K., Offner, S., Lee, A., Chen, H. Accepted to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- The Formation and Evolution of Wide-Orbit Stellar Multiples In Magnetized Clouds, Lee, A., Offner S., Kratter, K., Smullen, R., Li, P.S., 2019, Astrophysical Journal, 887, 2 ( ADS Link , ArXiv).
- Turbulent Magnetized Accretion, Burleigh, K., McKee, C.F., Cunningham, A., Lee, A.T., Klein, R.I. 2017. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468, 717 ADS.
- Building up the Population III initial mass function from cosmological initial conditions, Stacy, A., Bromm, V., Lee, A.T. 2016. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462, 1307 ADS, ArXiv).
Select Presentations
- Promoting Student Inquiry Using WorldWide Telescope, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Dec 2020.
- The Formation and Evolution of Binary Star Systems, UC Davis Astronomy Seminar, Feb 2020.
- Astronomy on Tap ATX: Binary Star Systems, Astronomy on Tap ATX, Austin, Texas, July 2019. YouTube
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