Michael K. Barker

Professional Information
Education
Ph.D. in Astronomy
Univ. of Florida, 2007
M.S. in Astronomy
Univ. of Florida, 2003
B.S. in Astronomy & Physics with High Honors in Astronomy
Univ. of Maryland, 2001
Research Experience and Interests
- Resolved stellar populations
- Star formation histories and chemical evolution of galaxies
- Tip of the red giant branch as a distance indicator
- Cosmic radio and infrared backgrounds
- Rotation curves of low surface brightness galaxies
Refereed Articles
Barker, M. K., Sarajedini, A. 2008, MNRAS, in press (astro-ph/0808.1918)
Barker, M. K., Sarajedini, A., Geisler, D., Harding, P. & Schommer, R. 2007, AJ, 133, 1138
Barker, M. K., Sarajedini, A., Geisler, D., Harding, P. & Schommer, R. 2007, AJ, 133, 1125
Sarajedini, A., Barker, M. K., Geisler, D., Harding, P. & Schommer, R. 2007, AJ, 133, 290
Sarajedini, A., Barker, M. K., Geisler, D., Harding, P. & Schommer, R. 2006, AJ, 132, 1361
Tiede, G. P., Sarajedini, A. & Barker, M. K. 2004, AJ, 128, 224
Barker, M. K., Sarajedini, A. & Harris, J. 2004, ApJ, 606, 869
McGaugh, S. S., Barker, M. K. & de Blok, W. J. G. 2003, ApJ, 584, 566
Dwek, E. & Barker, M. K. 2002, ApJ, 575, 7