Eric F. Bell Associate Professor ericbell at umich.edu 953 Dennison Building 500 Church St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Phone: (734) 764-3408 Department Phone: (734) 764-3440 Fax: (734) 763-6317

I am interested in understanding more about the physics of galaxy evolution. A few questions I'm currently thinking about are: Why do some galaxies grow through star formation, while others long ago ceased to form new stars? How frequently do galaxies interact with each other? What are the effects of these interactions? I explore these questions using a variety of observational and simple modeling techniques.

Research Interests

• Understanding the rate and effects of major galaxy mergers
• Where do elliptical galaxies come from?
• Observing the shredded remains of dwarf galaxies around our Milky Way
• Large Sky Surveys
• More...

Teaching

I've not started teaching yet at UM. Here are links to two of the courses I taught at the University of Heidelberg.

• Observing the Big Bang, a course on observational cosmology for advanced undergraduates
• Galaxies, an introductory graduate course

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