First Name
Jeremy
Last Name
Heyl
Position
Professor
Office Room
Hennings 417
Tel (Office)
(604) 822-0995
Email
heyl@phas.ubc.ca

Students Wanted
not accepting



Bachelor's Degree
Princeton University, 1992, Astrophysical Sciences and Russian Studies

Master's Degree
Cambridge University, 1995, Astronomy

Doctoral Degree
University of California at Santa Cruz, 1998, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Employment History

Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, July 2013-
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, July 2008-June 2013
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, July 2003-June 2008
Chandra Fellow, Theoretical Astrophysics Division, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, September 2000-July 2003
Lee A. DuBridge Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, January 1998-August 2000
Visiting Researcher, The Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 1992-September 1992
Research Assistant, National Astronomical and Ionospheric Center, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, June 1991-August 1991
Research Assistant, Princeton University Observatory, Princeton, New Jersey, June 1989-September 1989


Awards

Canada Research Chair, Chandra Fellow, NSF Graduate Fellow, Marshall Scholar, Goldwater Scholar, Watson Scholar


Committees and Service

CASCA LRP2020 Committee, JCSA Committee, Principal Investigator Colibrì Mission, X-Calibur Science Tearm, IXPE Science Team, eXTP Science Team, TMT ISDT (Fundamental Physics and Stars), Associate Member VERITAS Collaboration


Citizenship
United States, Canada

Research Area
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Research Field
Stellar and High-Energy Astrophysics

Research Topics
Compact Objects, Stellar Evolution, Cosmology, Dynamics, Strong-field QED