Michel Fich

Michel Fich
Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Faculty
Location: PHY 255
Phone: 519-888-4567 x32725

Biography

Dr. Fich is an astronomer specializing in studies of star formation, the interstellar medium, and the structure of galaxies. His recent research activities have focused on “small scale” formation studies of low and intermediate mass stars, circumstellar disks, and the formation of proto-solar systems.

Research Interests

  • Interstellar Medium

  • Star Formation

  • Structure of Galaxies

  • Instruments needed to carry out research in these areas

  • Astrophysics and Gravitation

  • Astronomy

Scholarly Research

Education

  • 1983 PhD Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

  • 1981 MSc Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

  • 1978 BSc Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Professional Associations

  • 2006-present CCAT Observatory/Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope project, Canadian Lead

  • 2003-present European Space Agency, Co-Investigator and Canadian Lead, Far-InfraRed Interferometer in Space

  • 2001-present James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), Canadian Project Leader for SCUBA-2

  • 1999-present Herschel Space Observatory, Canadian Lead Co-Investigator for HIFI (HIgh-resolution spectrometer For the Infrared)

Affiliations and Volunteer Work

  • Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics

Teaching*

  • PHYS 256 - Geometrical and Physical Optics
    • Taught in 2023
  • PHYS 270 - Astronomical Observations, Instrumentation and Data Analysis
    • Taught in 2020
  • PHYS 275 - Planets
    • Taught in 2022
  • SCI 238 - Introductory Astronomy
    • Taught in 2020, 2022, 2023

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

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