born: June 1968, place: Texas pre-doctorate institution: B. Sc. (Physics & Astronomy) University of Michigan (1990); M. S. (Astronomy) Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (1993) doctorate institution: Ph. D. (Astronomy) Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (1996) area: Astronomy current employment: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, SUNY at Stony Brook url: http://www.ess.sunysb.edu/aevans/ email: aevans@mail.astro.sunysb.edu An intensely luminous star on the horizon is 32-year-old Aaron S. Evans at the State University of New York at Stony Brook who, incredibly, in his young career has published 30 articles since earning his doctorate in astronomy at the University of Hawaii in 1996. Evans' research has focused on supermassive nuclear black holes, ultraluminous infrared galaxies, radio galaxies/quasars, and superburst galaxies. Professional Experience Research Assistant (Jan 1987 -- May 1990) Michigan Spectral Catalogue University of Michigan Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program (Summer 1989) Wyoming Infrared Observatory University of Wyoming Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant (August 1990 -- June 1996) Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI 96822 NICMOS Postdoctoral Scholar (July 1996 -- June 1999) Dept. of Astronomy Caltech Pasadena, CA 91125 AWARDS National Science Foundation Fellowship - (1990-1993) Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, Farrar Scholarship - (1993) RESEARCH INTERESTS Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies; Supermassive Nuclear Black Holes'; Radio Galaxies/Quasars; Starburst Galaxies Summary of Research Current research focuses on observations of colliding galaxies and their associated phenomena (starbursts and active galactic nuclei). The study of these galaxies requires a multi-wavelength approach, which to date has included optical to mid-infrared imaging, as well as near-infrared and (sub)millimeter spectroscopy. The observing facilities used to carry out these programs are the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Owens Valley Millimeter Array in California, the NRAO 12m telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, and the IRAM 30m telescope in Spain. He has 21 refereed publications and 7 non-refereed publications. Publications The interested scientist will find pdf versions of many of these papers on Dr. Evans' web site. The Compact Nucleus of the Deep Silicate Absorption Galaxy NGC 4418 Evans, A S., Becklin, E. E., Scoville, N. Z., Neugebauer, G., Soifer, B. T., Matthews, K., Ressler, M., Werner, M. & Rieke, M. 2003, AJ, 125, 2341 [astro-ph/0303216] 28. Near-Infrared Observations of Powerful High-Redshift Radio Galaxies: 4C 40.36 and 4C 39.37 Egami, E., Armus, L., Neugebauer, G., Murphy Jr., T. W., Soifer, B. T., Matthews, K., & Evans, A. S. 2003, AJ, 125, 1038 [astro-ph/0212175] 27. Molecular Gas and Nuclear Activity in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies w