Department of Physics, University of Oregon
Office: 461 Willamette Hall
Phone: (541) 346-5214
E-mail: js@abyss.uoregon.edu

Associate Professor, Univ. of Oregon, 2000-present
Assistant Professor, Univ. of Oregon, 1996-2000
Staff Scientist, NASA/IPAC, Caltech, 1991-1996
Visiting Assistant Professor, Univ. of Michigan, 1988-1991
Research Fellow, Caltech, 1984-1988
Ph.D. in Astronomy, Yale University, 1984
B.S. in Astronomy, University of Maryland, 1979

Research Interests

I am working in the areas of galaxy formation and evolution, particularly as they apply to low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies and color evolution in cluster populations. My recent research has explored the HI and optical properties of LSB dwarf galaxies, the color evolution of ellipticals in distant clusters and the formation of S0 galaxies, funded through NSF or NASA's HST program. I am also involved in a number of e-science projects funded through NASA's HPCC and AISR programs to develop the National Virtual Observatory.

Teaching:

General Education: AST121: The Solar System AST122: The Birth, Death and Destruction of Stars AST123: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe	Physics Majors: AST221H: Honors Astronomy I AST222H: Honors Astronomy II AST223H: Honors Astronomy III
Honors College: Introduction to Astrophysics (Honors College Science) Cosmology(Honors College Seminar) 21st Century Science (Honors College Science)	Freshmen Seminars: The History of Space Flight (Freshmen Seminar) Introduction to Astrophysics (Honors College Science)
College of Scholars: SCS Natural Sciences Honors Colloquium SCS Natural Sciences Honors Circles

Affiliated Faculty, Clark Honors College
Director, General Science Program
Academic Requirements Committee
InterCollegiate Athletic Committee

1. On the Structural Differences between Disk and Dwarf Galaxies, Schombert, J., 2006, Astron. Journal, 131,296.
   
2. Age and Metallicity Estimation of Globular Clusters from Stromgren Photometry, Rakos, K., Schombert, J. & Odell, A. 2005, Publ. of the Astron. Society of the Pacific, 117, 245.
   
3. Cluster Populations in Abell 2125 and 2218, Rakos, K. & Schombert, J., 2005, Astron. Journal, 130, 1002.
   
4. The Evolution of Galaxies: A Metaphysics Viewpoint, Schombert, J., 2004, Procedings of the 2004 AAAS Meeting.
   
5. The Ages of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies, Rakos, K. & Schombert, J., 2004, Astron. Journal, 127, 1502.
   
6. Narrow Band Continuum Colors of Distant Cluster Populations, Schombert, J & Rakos, K., 2003, Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy Evolution, Carnegie Observatories Symposium.
   
7. Global Metallicities From Globulars Through To Elliptical Galaxies, Rakos, K., Schombert, J. & Odell, A., 2003, Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy Evolution, Carnegie Observatories Symposium.
   
8. Strömgren uvby Photometry of the Open Clusters NGC 6192 and NGC 6451, Paunzen, E., Maitzen, H., Rakos, K. & Schombert, J. 2003, A&A, 403, 937.
   
9. The Ages and Metallicities of Ellipticals from Continuum Colors, Rakos, K., Schombert, J., Odell, A. & Maitzen, M. 2003, Ap&SS, 284, 803.
   
10. The Color-Magnitude Relation in Coma: Clues to the Age and Metallicity of Cluster Populations, Odell, A., Schombert, J. & Rakos, K., 2002, Astron. Journal, 124, 3061.
    
11. Gas Mass Fractions and the Evolution of LSB Dwarf Galaxies, Schombert, J., McGaugh, S. & Eder, J. 2001, Astron. Journal, 121, 2420.
    
12. Ages and Metallicities of Fornax Dwarf Ellipticals, Rakos, K., Schombert, J., Maitzen, H., Prugovecki, S. & Odell, A. 2001, Astron. Journal, 121, 1974.
    
13. NVO and the LSB Universe, Schombert J. 2000, ASP NVO Workshop, Caltech.
    
14. Gas Rich Dwarfs from the PSS-II III. HI Profiles and Dynamical Masses, Eder, J. & Schombert, J. 2000, Astrophys. Journal Suppl., 131, 47.
    
15. Cluster Populations in A115 and A2283, Rakos, K., Odell, A. & Schombert, J. 2000, Astrophys. Journal, 540, 715.
    
16. The Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation, McGaugh, S., Schombert, J., Bothun, G. & de Blok, W. 2000, Astrophys. Journal Letters, 533, 99.
    
17. Nearby Gas-Rich Low Surface Brightness Galaxies, Schneider, S. & Schombert, J. 2000, Astrophys. Journal, 530, 286.
    
18. Red, Gas-Rich Low Surface Brightness Galaxies and Enigmatic Deviations from the Tully-Fisher Relation, O'Neil, K., Bothun, G. & Schombert, J. 2000, Astron. Journal, 119, 136.