John Gizis

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Associate Professor
Office: 
236 Sharp Lab
Phone: 
(302) 831-2668
Email: 
gizis@udel.edu

Research Projects

  • Search for Nearby Brown Dwarfs
  • Young Brown Dwarf Planetary Systems
  • Magnetic Activity in Very-Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs
  • Calibration of Spitzer Space Telescope

Notable Publications

  • B. Riaz and J. E. Gizis, "New brown dwarf disks in the TW Hydrae association", Astrophys. J. 681, 1584 (2008).
  • J. E. Gizis, H. L. Shipman, and J. A. Harvin, "First ultraviolet spectrum of a brown dwarf: Evidence for H_2 Fluorescence and Accretion", Astrophys. J. 630, L89 (2005).
  • J. E. Gizis, "Brown dwarfs and the TW Hydrae association", Astrophys. J. 575, 484 (2002).
  • J. E. Gizis, D.G. Monet, I.N. Reid, J. D. Kirkpatrick, J. Liebert, and R. J. Williams, "New neighbors from 2MASS: Activity and kinematics at the bottom of the main sequence", Astrophys. J. 120, 1085 (2000).
  • J. E. Gizis, "M-Subdwarfs: Spectroscopic classification and the metallicity scale", Astrophys. J. 113, 806 (1997).