About
Introduction
Dr. Oswalt and Dr. Buzasi are both experts in their respective fields. They have been working on this project as Principle and Co-Principle Investigators, respectively, since 2019, where they are working to test the paradigm of Gyrochronology. For more information about what gyrochronology is, please see the Theory page. They are working with students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univeristy and Florida Gulf Univeristy, recruiting students of all years, to crack down on this paradigm.
You can find more about them, including their respective faculty pages, links to their research and published papers, and more, in the Researchers page.
Terry Dean Oswalt, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator
Dr. Oswalt is an Associate Dean and Professor of physics for the College of Arts and Sciences at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Dr. Oswalt graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with his B.S. in Astronomy, then later graduated from The Ohio State University with his Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Dr. Terry Oswalt is an expert on white dwarf stars and wide binary star systems.
You can contact Dr. Oswalt through his email, [email protected] for any questions or concerns. Please also be sure to contact any other team member for questions about their work!
Derek Buzasi, Ph.D.
Co-Principle Investigator
Dr. Derek Buzasi a Whitaker Eminent Scholar in Science at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Buzasi graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. in Physics, then later graduated from Penn State University with a Ph.D. in Astronomy.
Dr. Derek Buzasi is an expert on the Kepler reduction and analysis system and is supporting our extraction of light curves from the K2 data. Buzasi is separately funded by NASA.
You can contact Dr. Buzasi through his email, [email protected] for any questions or concerns. Please also be sure to contact any other team member for questions about their work!