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Joseph Jensen

Faculty Member

Dr. Joe Jensen

Biography

Dr. Jensen received his B.S. from Caltech and his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Hawaii. Before joining UVU, he worked for 12 years at the international Gemini Observatory. Dr. Jensen is an infrared observational astronomer who studies the stellar populations of galaxies and the extragalactic distance scale.

Education

Ph D, University of Hawaii, 1997

Major: Astronomy

MS, University of Hawaii, 1995

Major: Astronomy

BS, California Institute of Technology, 1992

Major: Astronomy

Teaching

ASTR 104H

Elementary Astronomy PP, Fall 2023

PHYS 490R

Seminar, Fall 2023

PHYS 3120

Modern Physics II, Spring 2023

ASTR 4350

Research Methods in Astronomy, Spring 2023

PHYS 490R

Seminar, Spring 2023

Scholarly/Creative Works

Tully, R. Brent, Kourkchi, Ehsan , Courtois, H\'el\`ene M., Array , Anand, Gagandeep S., Blakeslee, John P., Brout, Dillon , Jaeger, Thomas de, Dupuy, Alexandra , Guinet, Daniel , Howlett, Cullan , Jensen, Joe , Pomar\`ede, Daniel, Array , Rizzi, Luca , Rubin, David , Said, Khaled , Scolnic, Daniel , Stahl, Benjamin E., (2023) "Cosmicflows-4" (Issue: 1, vol. 944). Astrophysical Journal.
Wood, Charlotte , Garnavich, Peter , Milne, Peter , Jensen, Joe , Blakeslee, John , Brown, Peter , Scolnic, Daniel , Rose, Benjamin , Brout, Dillon , (2023) "Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances to Type Ia Supernovae_ Testing Supernova Systematics as a Solution to the Hubble Constant Tension" (vol. 55).
Cowles, Mikaela , Jensen, Joe , Kourkchi, Ehsan , Tully, R. , Blakeslee, John , (2023) "The First SNAP Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances" (vol. 55).
Jensen, Joe , (2022) "ASP 2021_ Sharing Best Practices - AstronomyTeaching and Public Engagement" (vol. 533).
Cowles, Mikaela , Jensen, Joe , Kourkchi, Ehsan , Tully, R. , Blakeslee, John , (2022) "Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances_ It's a SNAP!" (vol. 54).
Garnavich, Peter , Wood, Charlotte M., Milne, Peter , Jensen, Joe , Blakeslee, John P., Brown, Peter J., Scolnic, Daniel , Rose, Benjamin , Brout, Dillon , (2022) "Connecting Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances to Type Ia Supernova Hosts_ Testing the Top Rung of the Distance Ladder" . arXiv e-prints.

Awards

Dean's Award for Teaching

Utah Valley University - April, 2018

Faculty Excellence Award

Utah Valley University - April, 2013

ARCS Foundation Scholar

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS)

Award for excellence in graduate studies and research.

Graduated with Honors

California Institute of Technology - June, 1992

Graduated with a B.S. degree with honors.