Robert Cadmus, Jr.
Professor
Emeritus
Current research involves the study of the behavior of red giant stars using the telescope at Grinnell’s observatory.
Selected Research Students & Projects:
- Nicholas Hill '09, "Observations of the Crab Pulsar Light Curve at Optical Wavelengths"
- Rosie Malsberger '09, "Galactic Spectroscopy: The Rotation Curve of NGC 2742"
- Holly Maness '04, "Cyclic Period Changes in the W UMa Binary Star AB Andromedae"
Education and Degrees
Postdoc (Nuclear Physics), 1977-78, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Ph.D. (Physics), 1977, University of Wisconsin (Madison) M.S. (Physics), 1970, University of Wisconsin (Madison) B.A. (Physics), 1968, Swarthmore College