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Researcher's Profile

Last Name

 Sheinis 

First Name

 Andrew 

Middle Initial

 I 

Areas of Research Expertise
* Adaptive optics
* Astronomical instrumentation
* Extra-galactic observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and their host galaxies

Web site

 University Web Page of Andrew Sheinis 

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

 CV of Andrew Sheinis 

Current/Active Funding

 

Issued Patent(s)
  • 5,289,557 - Optics for medical laser, granted Feb 1994.
  • 5,198,926 - Optics for medical laser, granted Mar 1993.

USPTO Published Applications
  • 20080088840 - Hyperspectral Imaging Systems, April 17, 2008.

Recent Publication(s)
  • "MEMs-based speckle spectrometer"
Sheinis AI, Nigra L, Kuhlen MQ, Advance in Optics II 6272 62724U Jul 2006. The goal of this device is to allow the use of a diffraction-limited spectrometer on a seeing limited observation at improved throughput over a comparable seeing-limited spectrometer, thus reducing the size and cost of the spectrometer by a factor proportional to r0/D (For the case of a 10 meter telescope this size reduction will be approximately a factor of 25 to 50).
  • "The NIR upgrade to the SALT Robert Stobie Spectrograph"
Sheinis AI, Wolf MJ, Bershady MA, et al., Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy 6269 626694T Jul 2006.
  • "The integral field unit for Echellette Spectrograph and Imager at Keck II"
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy 6269 626936 Jul 2006. Authors report on the design, development and commissioning of an Integral Field Unit (IFU) that has been built for the Echellette Spectrograph and Imager (ESI) at the W.M. Keck Observatory.

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E-mail Address

 sheinis@astro.wisc.edu 

Phone Number

 (608) 262-0492 

Current University

 UW - Madison 

Department

 Astronomy 

Title

 Assistant Professor 

Other Appointments
 

Address Line 1

 5520 Sterling Hall 

Address Line 2

 475 North Charter Street 

City

 Madison 

State

 WI 

Zip Code

 53706 

Bachelor's Degree
BS, University of Massachusetts, Physics, 1982

Master's Degree
MS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Physics, 1985
MS, University of  California-Santa Cruz, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1997

PhD
PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2002

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