Dr. Eileen Theresa Meyer
Professor · Tenured
About
I was born in Wichita, KS and attended Rice University for B.S. in Astrophysics and PhD in Physics. I was a postdoc at STScI before joining the faculty at UMBC. I was awarded tenure in 2021 and am now an associate professor in physics.Research interests
Super-Massive Black Holes, Active Galaxies, Relativistic Jets, Polarimetry, Spectroscopy, Tidal Disruption Events, Galaxy Evolution, Solar System and Planetary Science, Instrumentation, X-ray ObservatoriesTeaching interests
Physics and Astrophysics, Math and Statistical Methods in PhysicsEducation
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Ph D, Physics
— Rice University (2012) The Blazar Envelope and the Relativistic Jet Dichotomy: Unification of Radio-Loud AGN
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MS, Physics
— Rice University (2008) The effects of intrinsic spectral curvature and flux limits on the measured evolutionary behavior of BL Lacertae objects
- BS, Astrophysics — Rice University (2005)