Education
2000 – 2004 Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto
1999 – 2000 M.Sc. in Astronomy, University of Toronto
1995 – 1999 B.Sc. in Astronomy with Honours, University of Western Ontario
Employment History
2011 – present
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Central Michigan University
2007 – 2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Central Michigan University
2004 – 2007
Michelson Postdoctoral Fellow, U. S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station
Recent Publications
"The Variability of Halpha Equivalent Widths in Be
Stars," Jones, C. E., Tycner, C., Smith, A. D. 2011, Astronomical Journal, 141, 150
"The Chromospheric Activity of [HH97] FS Aur-79: A Close
Binary with Late-type Active (dK7e+dM3e) Components,"
Austin, S. J., Robertson, J. W., de Souza, T. R., Tycner,
C., Honeycutt, R. K. 2011, Astronomical Journal, 141, 124
"The Revised Orbit of the delta Sco System," Tycner,
C., Ames, A., Zavala, R. T., Hummel, C. A., Benson, J. A.,
Hutter, D. J. 2011, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 729, L5
For a complete list of publications
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Research Field
Observational Stellar Astrophysics
Current Projects
Study of circumstellar disks of hot stars using a variety of ground based instruments including long-baseline optical interferometry and spectroscopy. One application of this work is an improved understanding of the disk dynamics and disk-star interactions that are important physical phenomena in planet-forming circumstellar disks.
Funding
My research is funded in part by the Central Michigan
University and in part by a grant from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Any individual
working on a NASA sponsored project should be aware of
the
Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity in NASA Assisted
Programs policy.