An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics

About Bradley W. CarrollDale A. Ostlie

Bradley W. Carroll received his B.A. in Mathematics and a Secondary Teaching Credential from the University of California Irvine his M.S. in Physics from the University of Colorado Boulder and his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado Boulder. He then accepted a postdoc with Hugh Van Horn at the University of Rochester and four years later accepted a position in the Physics Department at Weber State University where he served as the Physics Department chair for ten years. He retired in 2015 after thirty years at Weber State University Utah. During this time he was awarded the Lowe Innovative Teaching Award and named a WSU Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor. He is an emeritus member of the American Astronomical Society. Dale A. Ostlie received his B.A. from St. Olaf College in Northfield Minnesota with degrees in Physics and Mathematics and his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Iowa State University. After a two-year teaching position at Bates College in Maine he moved to Weber State University (WSU) where he worked for thrity years retiring in 2014. At WSU Dale served as Chair of the Department of Physics for seven years and Dean of the College of Science for eight years. He also served as a collaborator at Los Alamos National Laboratory and worked as an early consultant at the Space Telescope Science Institute. In addition he has authored or co-authored numerous papers in stellar pulsation theory. While at WSU Dale was awarded the Lowe Innovative Teaching Award and the Exemplary Collaboration Award. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society.