Department Directory — Joseph Moody

Joseph Moody

Retired Professor

Title	Time	Days	Room	Building	Link
Devotional	11 am	Tu		MC

Specialty: Galaxy nuclear variability, remote observing, large-scale galaxy distribution

PhD in Astronomy from the University of Michigan (Robert Kirshner advisor).
Post-doctoral researcher, The Institute for Astronomy at the University of New Mexico, Stephen Gregory and Jack Burns advisors.
Assistant Professor, Weber State University.
Full Professor BYU. On BYU faculty since 1990.
Formerly department graduate coordinator, head of BYU astronomy group, head of physical science program, managing editor of the ASP Conference Series.
Former member of the American Astronomical Society Publication Board
Contributed to the discovery of galaxies in voids, type Ib supernovae, carbon stars.
Current research is on the character of galaxy voids in models and surveys and developing photometric redshift measure from specialized ramp filters.