Charles Liu is an extragalactic observational astronomer. His research focuses on colliding galaxies, starburst galaxies, and the star formation history of the universe; and it also wanders into the realm of quasars and active galactic nuclei. He also has a great love of teaching – informal as well as formal – and he feels a great need to help make the scientific community a better place for all people who wish to be a part of it. He currently serves as faculty director of the Macaulay Honors College and The Verrazano School at CSI, and as Education Officer and Councilor of the American Astronomical Society.
A description of some of his work at CUNY and CSI can be found at these links:
http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2013/04/28/on-the-tail-of-a-giant-cosmic-c...
http://csitoday.com/2012/08/renowned-astrophysicist-and-csi-professor-na...
Degrees
PhD, University of Arizona
AB, Harvard University
Scholarship / Publications
One recent book: Liu, Charles. The Handy Astronomy Answer Book, 3rd edition (2014), Detroit, Visible Ink Press. 359 pp.
One recent paper: Fiorenza, S. L., Takeuchi, T. T., Malek, K. E., & Liu, C. T. (2014), The Astrophysical Journal, 784, 140. "Evolutionary Paths Along The BPT Diagram For Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies."
One less recent paper: Liu, C., et al. (2007), The Astrophysical Journal, 658, 249. “G515, Revisited. I. Stellar Populations and Evidence of Nuclear Activity in A Luminous E+A Galaxy.”
Last Updated: 11.23.2015