My Current Grad Students and Postdocs:

Veronika Dornan (PhD) -- The High-Mass end of the M_h-M_GCS Relation

Kate Hartman (PhD) -- Metallicity Distributions of GC Systems

Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier (PhD, cosupervised with Alison Sills) -- The Role of Massive Binary Stars in the Formation of Star Clusters




Some recent publications with students:

Implementing primordial binaries in simulations of star cluster formation with a hybrid MHD and direct N-body method C. Cournoyer-Cloutier, A. Tran, W.E. Harris et al. 2020, MNRAS 301, 4464

The PIPER Survey. I. An Initial Look at the Intergalactic Globular Cluster Population in the Perseus Cluster W.E.Harris, Rachel A. Brown et al. 2020, ApJ 890, 105

A universal route for the formation of massive star clusters in giant molecular clouds C.S.Howard, R.E.Pudritz, and W.E.Harris 2018, Nature Astronomy 2, 725

Bayesian Mass Estimates of the Milky Way: Including Measurement Uncertainties with Hierarchical Bayes G.M.Eadie, A. Springford, and W.E.Harris 2017, ApJ 835, 167

Simulating radiative feedback and star cluster formation in GMCs - I. Dependence on gravitational boundedness C.S.Howard, R.E.Pudritz, and W.E.Harris 2017, MNRAS, 461, 2953




Previous Postdoctoral Fellows and PhD Students

Jeremy Bailin (PDF, 2007-2009): Faculty member at University of Alabama

Elizabeth Wehner (PDF, 2005-2007): Faculty member at University of St.Thomas, Minnesota; currently software engineer

J.J.Kavelaars (PDF, 1997-2002): Staff astronomer at Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, NRC

Andrew Layden (PDF, 1995-96): Obtained a Hubble Fellowship; now faculty member at Bowling Green State University

Jean Couture (PDF, 1989-92): Went to high-tech industry in Montreal

Hugh Harris (PDF, 1982-84): Now staff astronomer at US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff


Gwen Eadie (PhD 2017): Faculty member at University of Toronto

Corey Howard (PhD 2017): Data Scientist at Shopify, Ottawa

Jeremy Webb (PhD 2015): Faculty member at University of Toronto

Annie Hou (PhD 2013): Went to postdoctoral fellowship in Korea; now Senior VP Data Science, Choreograph

Rob Cockcroft (PhD 2012): Teaching Faculty at McMaster

Kristin Woodley (PhD 2009): Went to postdoctoral fellowships at UBC and UC Santa Cruz; currently in Germany

Waldemar Okon (PhD 2005)

Marcel Vandalfsen (PhD 2004): Software developer at Kerr Vayne Systems

Dean McLaughlin (PhD 1997): Obtained Hubble Fellowship at graduation; now faculty at Keele University, UK.

Patrick Durrell (PhD 1996): Faculty member at Youngstown State University, Ohio

Jeff Secker (PhD 1995): Staff scientist/manager at Defence Research Establishment, Ottawa