Contact
Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
- heinke@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Astronomy astrophysics black holes neutron stars X-ray binaries
About
BA, Carleton College, MN, USA, 1997
US Peace Corps, Malawi, Central Africa, 1997-1999
PhD, Harvard Univ., MA, USA, 2004
Lindheimer Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern Univ., IL, USA, 2004-2007
Research Associate, U. Virginia, VA, USA, 2007-2008
Asst. Professor, U. Alberta, AB, Canada, 2008-2012
Associate Professor, U. Alberta, AB, Canada, 2012-2018
Professor, U. Alberta, AB, Canada, 2018-current
Research
Observational astrophysics, focusing on compact objects (neutron stars, black holes, and white dwarfs), high energy astrophysics (X-rays), and accretion.
Teaching
I have taught upper-level astrophysics courses (Stellar Astrophysics; Galactic & Extragalactic Astrophysics), graduate astrophysics (High-Energy Astrophysics), and introductory physics and astrophysics (Physics 124; Engineering Physics 131; Astrophysics 122). I often take Physics 499 students for small research projects.
Featured Publications
W. C. G. Ho, C. O. Heinke
Nature. 462 (7269):71-73