Tutorial Fellow in Physics, Wadham College
University Lecturer in Astrophysics

Tel No.    01865 277 912
                01865 273 377
Email      bureau@astro.ox.ac.uk

Department Information
Physics Department (Astrophysics)
www.physics.ox.ac.uk
www.astro.physics.ox.ac.uk

Dr Martin Bureau, MA (BSc Montreal; PhD ANU). I have been a University Lecturer in Astrophysics and a Fellow of Wadham College tutoring Physics since 2005. Within the Physics Department, I am currently a senior demonstrator in the first year optics laboratory, I supervise research projects for last year undergraduate (MPhys) students, I teach part of the astrophysics graduate lecture series, and of course I supervise graduate (DPhil) and visiting students. At Wadham, in addition to pastoral care, I mainly tutor the first year physics curriculum (Mechanics, Circuit Theory, Special Relativity, Electromagnetism) as well as the third year astronomy paper (Stellar Structure and Coslmology).

My research centers on the formation and evolution of galaxies, primarily through detailed studies of (samples of) nearby systems, and it follows 3 main directions. First, studies of the dynamics, molecular gas, and stellar populations of early-type galaxies (SAURON project), to constrain their formation processes and the relative importance of merging and dynamical evolution. Second, studies of the structure and dynamics of barred disk galaxies, to constrain bar-driven evolution and bulge formation scenarios. Last, neutral hydrogen studies of dwarf galaxies, to constrain the distribution of dark matter, (self-propagating) star formation, and environmental effects.

Before joining Oxford, I was a NASA Hubble Fellow within the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University, New York City, and a postdoctoral fellow at Leiden Observatory, part of the University of Leiden, Netherlands. I obtained my PhD at Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (now the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics), part of The Institute of Advanced Studies of The Australian National University, Australia. I obtained my B.Sc. from the Physics Department of the Universite de Montreal, where I am from originally.

Research Interests
Structure, dynamics, stellar populations, formation, and evolution of galaxies.

Courses Taught
Undergraduate: Teaching: First year optics laboratory. Tutoring: First year Mechanics, Circuit Theory, Special Relativity, Electromagnetism; third year Stellar Structure and Cosmology.
Graduate: Astrophysics graduate lecture series.