Julianne Dalcanton

Julianne Dalcanton (* Pittsburgh) is an American astronomer.

She is Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington, and researcher for Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Her main work is on the area of galaxy formation and evolution. She is currently leading the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury (ANGST) program on the Hubble Space Telescope.

She became worldwide known by discovering the comet C/1999 F2, which is named after her. She is also a contributor to the physics blog Cosmic Variance.

Dalcanton is married with two children.

Journal articles

*cite journal
last = Dalcanton
first = Julianne J.
authorlink =
coauthors = Spergel, David N.; Summers, F. J.
title = The Formation of Disk Galaxies
journal = The Astrophysical Journal
volume = 482
issue =
pages = 659–676
publisher =
date = 1997
url = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?doi=10.1086/304182&erFrom=-3050057740089147740Guest
doi = 10.1086/304182
id =
accessdate =
format = Dead link|date=May 2008 – ^{[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AThe+Formation+of+Disk+Galaxies&as_publication=The+Astrophysical+Journal&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]}

*cite journal
last = Hogan
first = Craig J.
authorlink =
coauthors = Dalcanton, Julianne J.
title = New dark matter physics: Clues from halo structure
journal = Phys. Rev. D
volume = 62
issue = 6
pages =
publisher =
date = 2000
url = http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v62/i6/e063511
doi = 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.063511
id =
accessdate =
format = abstract page

External links

* [http://www.astro.washington.edu/jd/ University of Washington Profile]
* [http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14884 Video discussion/conversation with Dalcanton and Jennifer Ouellette] on Bloggingheads.tv
* [http://www.nearbygalaxies.org/ The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey (ANGST)]