Matthew A. Malkan

Astronomy
Office: MSA8322
Phone: (310)825-3404
malkan@astro.ucla.edu

... and Brian K. Malkan


Educational Background:

B.A., Astrophysics, Phi Beta Kappa; Summa cum laude Harvard, 1977.

M.A., Physics, Harvard, 1977.

Marshall Scholar

C.P.G.S., Cambridge University, 1978.

National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Scholar

Fannie and John Hertz Fellow

Ph.D., Astronomy, Caltech, 1983.



Presidential Young Investigator, 1986--1991.

Recent PR:

Astro-archaeology from Space.com -- March 12, 2002

"ABC" Interviewtranscript of Robyn Williams' broadcast on March 23, 2002

Hercules Deep Field from Astronomy.com -- January 13, 2002

Press release from AAS meeting Washington -- Jan 11, 2002

Press release 2nd page, on new ERO -- Jan 11, 2002

Full Hubble Space Telescope image Hercules Deep Field

Press release from AAS meeting Madison, Wisconsin -- June 10, 1996

Press Release on our collaboration with Ohio State Astronomer Brad Peterson June 1999 description of our program to measure giant black hole masses in Active Galactic Nuclei

More PR--K.C. Coles nice LA Times article

Hubble Space Telescope image comes in handy for a Supernova discovery, from Quebec


Cosmology at UCLA's Visualization Portal:

  • Visit one of the coolest computer graphics facilities in the West Photo and Info about Visualizing Numerical Simulations of Galaxy Formation and Evolution



  • Summary of invited talk at 2003 Annual Meeting of Astronomical Society of the Pacific, in Berkeley: Popular Public Lectures: Blasts from the Centers of Galaxies


  • Summary of October, 2003 talk at Sloan Screenwriters Conference: Public Lectures: Popular Misconceptions about Science and Scientists


    Pretty Galaxy Color Images:

    MCG-6-30-15 CTIO CCD image from Malkan,Hunt,Rush

    Malkan Family

    Audrey Jane MalkanMom's Obituary from Corpus Christi