Ritter Astrophysical Research Center

Faculty: Michael Cushing

Michael Cushing 

Professor
Director, Ritter Planetarium
Ph.D. University of Hawai'i, 2004


Research and Teaching Interests

Before coming to the University of Toledo in 2011, he worked at Steward Observatory, NASA Ames and NASA JPL. His research focuses on the discovery and characterization of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in the solar neighborhood using ground- and spaced-based telescopes and the development of the algorithms to both reduce and analyze these data.

areas of expertise

  • Low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
  • Infrared astronomy and instrumentation
  • Data reduction algorithms

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Dr. Cushing's Website

View Dr. Cushing's NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) page for bibliography.

Last Updated: 6/27/22