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Overview

Doug Geisler is affiliated with the University of La Serena in Chile and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research expertise spans multiple subfields including Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main topics covered by Geisler's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astro and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical and nuclear sciences, and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

Geisler has published extensively in several prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (20 publications)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (19 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (14 publications)
  • The Astronomical Journal (5 publications)
  • The Astrophysical Journal (5 publications)

Recent papers include:

  • The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. IV. Abundances for 128 Open Clusters Using SDSS/APOGEE DR16, 2020, The Astronomical Journal
  • APOGEE Chemical Abundance Patterns of the Massive Milky Way Satellites, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The chemical characterization of halo substructure in the Milky Way based on APOGEE, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Milky Way bar and bulge revealed by APOGEE and Gaia EDR3, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The chemical compositions of accreted and in situ galactic globular clusters according to SDSS/APOGEE, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent collaborators in Geisler's research include José G. Fernández-Trincado, D. Minniti, S. Villanova, Richard R. Lane, and Steven R. Majewski.

Best Publications

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti

  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

    G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

  • VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

    D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas;J. P. Emerson;R. K. Saito

  • The Thirteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey MApping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

    Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida

  • The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

    Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andrés Almeida;Friedrich Anders;Friedrich Anders

  • The Sixteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

    Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida;Friedrich Anders

  • Vvv dr1: the first data release of the milky way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared eso public survey vista variables in the via lactea

    R. K. Saito;M. Hempel;D. Minniti;D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas

  • The 13th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

    Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida;Friedrich Anders

  • BVRI Light Curves for 29 Type Ia Supernovae

    M Hamuy;MM Phillips;NB Suntzeff;RA Schommer

  • Population Gradients in Local Group Dwarf Spheroidals

    D. Harbeck;E. K. Grebel;J. Holtzman;P. Guhathakurta

  • THE TYPE IA SUPERNOVA 1986G IN NGC 5128 : OPTICAL PHOTOMETRY AND SPECTRA.

    M. M. Phillips;A. C. Phillips;S. R. Heathcote;V. M. Blanco

  • The M 81 group of galaxies: New distances, kinematics and structure ?;??

    I. D. Karachentsev;A. E. Dolphin;D. Geisler;E. K. Grebel

  • Gaia-ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars

    R. Smiljanic;A. J. Korn;M. Bergemann;A. Frasca

  • Population Gradients in Local Group Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

    Daniel Harbeck;Eva K. Grebel;Eva K. Grebel;Jon Holtzman;Puragra Guhathakurta

  • Distances to nearby galaxies in Sculptor

    I. D. Karachentsev;E. K. Grebel;M. E. Sharina;M. E. Sharina;A. E. Dolphin

  • The very local Hubble flow

    I. D. Karachentsev;M. E. Sharina;M. E. Sharina;D. I. Makarov;D. I. Makarov;A. E. Dolphin

  • Local galaxy flows within 5 Mpc

    I. D. Karachentsev;D. I. Makarov;D. I. Makarov;M. E. Sharina;M. E. Sharina;A. E. Dolphin

  • Dynamics of the Globular Cluster System Associated with M87 (NGC 4486). II. Analysis

    Patrick Côté;Dean E. McLaughlin;Dean E. McLaughlin;David A. Hanes;Terry J. Bridges

  • A 2MASS All-Sky View of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy: Variation of the Metallicity Distribution Function Along the Sagittarius Stream

    Mei-Yin Chou;Steven R. Majewski;Katia Cunha;Verne V. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Ata Sarajedini
Ata Sarajedini University of Florida
Dante Minniti
Dante Minniti Andrés Bello University
Giovanni Carraro
Giovanni Carraro University of Padua
Eva K. Grebel
Eva K. Grebel Heidelberg University
Timothy C. Beers
Timothy C. Beers University of Notre Dame
Dmitry Bizyaev
Dmitry Bizyaev New Mexico State University
Puragra Guhathakurta
Puragra Guhathakurta University of California, Santa Cruz
Steven R. Majewski
Steven R. Majewski University of Virginia
Beatriz Barbuy
Beatriz Barbuy Universidade de São Paulo
Carlos Allende Prieto
Carlos Allende Prieto University of La Laguna

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