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from red giant stars and their molecular emission lines (with Peter Godreich); the UMass-Stonybrook galactic CO survey (with Dave Sanders, Phil Solomon and Dan Clemens), the UMass extragalactic CO survey (with Judy Young and students); High Resolution IR spectroscopy (with Don Hall, Susan Kleinman and Steve Ridgway); observations and theoretical modelling of ULIRGs and the evolution of starburst galaxies to quasars (with Dave Sanders, Colin Norman and others); imaging of local ULIRGs and the Galactic Center with the Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS camera (with Roger Thompson, Aaron Evans and Susan Stolovy); founder and leader of the COSMOS collaboration; and the evolution of interstellar gas and dust in galaxies from z = 0.1 to 5 (with the COSMOS collaboration).
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and discovery of the 5 kpc molecular gas ring (with Phil Solomon); first theoretical analysis of line photon trapping in the molecular emission lines (with Solomon); first recognition that molecular gas clouds were self-gravitating (rather than being galactic spiral arms); theory of mass-loss winds
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Scoville developed the MIR software package for calibrating data from the OVRO Millimeter Array, which was later used by other astronomical radio interferometers.
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Scoville's main hobby outside astronomy is steel sculptural design and construction and welding. He also works on the
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is among the best-studied fields in extragalactic astronomy and one of the largest galaxy surveys executed by the
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25746 Nickscoville is named after Scoville. He was elected as a member of the National Academy in 2022.
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Scoville's major research investigations include: first mapping of CO emission in the
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a multi-wavelength deep-field study of galaxies in the early universe.
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and star formation activity within these clouds, interacting
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John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Nicholas Z. Scoville
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Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
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is the Francis L. Moseley Professor of Astronomy at
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Columbia University
Cosmic Evolution Survey
Guggenheim Fellowship
Bruce Medal
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
Molecular clouds
California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor
www.astro.caltech.edu/people/faculty/Nick_Scoville.html
Caltech
Columbia University
molecular clouds
ultraluminous infrared galaxies
active galactic nuclei
Cosmic Evolution Survey
COSMOS field
Hubble Space Telescope
Galactic Plane
Hubble Heritage Project
Cosmic Evolution Survey
University of Massachusetts
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
Caltech
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
main belt asteroid
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
American Astronomical Society
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Nicholas Z. Scoville
2015 Jansky Lecture: Dr. Nick Scoville — Science Website

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