Aaron Sigut, Professor

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Contact Information

Office: PAB 124
Tel: (519) 661-2111 x86718
E-mail: asigut@uwo.ca

 

Research Areas

Stellar Astrophysics


Research Interests

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

Publications

  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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Teaching

Undergraduate:
Physics 4351: Electromagnetic Theory II

Graduate:
Astronomy 9101: Introduction to Radiative Transfer
Astronomy 9610: Fundamentals of Astrophysics

Awards

  • 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)

Professional Activities

  • 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