Aaron Sigut, Professor

Massive Stars, Radiative Transfer, Star Clusters, Computational Astrophysics, Circumstellar Disks, Machine Learning

1. Sigut, T. A. A. and Ghafourian, N. “Comparing Be star inclination angles determined from Hα fitting and gravitational darkening”, The Astrophysical Journal, 948 (1), 34. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac940c
2. Granada, A., Jones, C. E., and Sigut, T. A. A., “The Viscosity Parameter for Late-type Stable Be Stars”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 922, no. 2, 2021. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac222f.
3. Marinello, M., Rodríguez-Ardila, A., Marziani, P., Sigut, A., and Pradhan, A., “Panchromatic properties of the extreme Fe II emitter PHL 1092”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 494, no. 3, pp. 4187–4202, 2020. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa934.
4. Sigut, T. A. A., Mahjour, A. K., and Tycner, C., “Stellar Inclination Angles from Be-star Hα Emission Line Profiles”, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 894, no. 1, 2020. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab8386.

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• Faculty of Science Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Western University, 2016
• USC Teaching Honour Roll 2011-2012
• Faculty of Science Outreach Award 2010 (awarded to entire Astronomy Group)

• Reviewer and panel member, Compute Canada Resource Allocation Competition, 2021-present
• Associate Chair for Graduate Programs, 2007-2012, 2019-2023
• Associate Chair for Adminstration, 2014-2019
• Local Organizing Committee, 42nd Annual CASCA Meeting (2011)
• Canadian Astronomical Society
• International Astronomical Union