Alison Sills, McMaster University

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Physics & Astronomy Professor Hamilton, Ontario asills@mcmaster.ca Office: (905) 525-9140 ext. 24189

Bio/Research

Astrophysicist Alison Sills graduated with her BSc in Astronomy from the University of Western Ontario in 1993 and earned her PhD in Astronomy from Yale University in 1998.

She completed post-doctoral research work at Ohio State University and the University of Leicester between 1998 - 2...


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Bio/Research

Astrophysicist Alison Sills graduated with her BSc in Astronomy from the University of Western Ontario in 1993 and earned her PhD in Astronomy from Yale University in 1998.

She completed post-doctoral research work at Ohio State University and the University of Leicester between 1998 - 2001 and has been an Assistant Professor of Astronomy here at McMaster University since 2001.

Sills is the only theoretical astrophysicist in Canada studying the dynamics of globular clusters and star collisions. Her other areas of interest include: stellar evolution, stellar dynamics, stellar populations, blue stragglers, binary stars and smoothed particle hydrodynamics.


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