TTU Physics Department.

TTU Physics: Faculty

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Maurice Clark
Assistant Professor
Office Phone: (806) 742-3781
Email: Maurice.Clark@ttu.edu
Office: 014 Science Building

Ph.D. Physics, Murdoch University, Western Australia (2000)
B. S. Physics (Hons), Murdoch University, Western Australia (1993)
Graduate Diploma in Education, Murdoch University, Western Australia (1993)

 

Web links

Personal Home Page
Intro Astronomy & Observatory Page

Research Interests

Although my PhD was in surface physics, astronomy has been a life-long passion. My idea of a wild night is a clear, dark sky and a telescope! I love teaching about, and observing, the universe.

Currently my research focuses on asteroid and variable star photometry. To date I have data on over 100 asteroids and I am now re-observing many of them to model their 3-dimensional shape. As a by-product of this work, I have discovered 3 new variable stars.

Other projects I am working on include supernovae photometry, deep, wide-field imaging of the northern Milky Way in H-alpha light, and very deep imaging of galaxies in the Local Group in search of tidal tails.

Selected Publications

M.L. Clark, Asteroid Lightcurves from the Preston Gott Observatory. Minor Planet Bulletin 39-2, 63-65.

M.L. Clark, Asteroid Lightcurves from the Preston Gott and McDonald observatories. Minor Planet Bulletin 38-4, 187-189.

M.L. Clark, Asteroid Lightcurves from the Chiro Observatory, Minor Planet Bulletin 37-3, 89-92.