Developing new technologies for the study of stars and planets, their origins and fates Advances in detectors, optics, and photonics have fueled progress in the field of Optical Interferometry , allowing stars and their surroundings to be probed with unprecedented spatial resolution. Research in my group is focused on visible and infrared imaging with milliarcsecond resolution, developing the precision-calibration techniques necessary to directly detect extra-solar planets, and building the novel instrumen
John Monnier obtained his Physics BS degree from Purdue University in 1993, followed by his Physics PhD. from the University of California at Berkeley under the supervision of Charles H. Townes and William Danchi. Following a Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Fellowship, Dr. Monnier began an assistant professor position at the University of Michigan in 2002. Professor Monnier's group has been responsible for development of the Michigan InfraRed Combiner (MIRC) and Michigan Young STellar Imager
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