Jimmy Irwin

Associate Professor

Contact

(205) 348-3791
jairwin@ua.edu
Office: 311C Gallalee Hall
Fax: (205) 348-5051

Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Alabama, Box 870324, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0324

Education

B.S. 1992, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Indiana University
M.S. 1995, Astronomy, University of Virginia
Ph.D. 1997, Astronomy, University of Virginia

Research Interests

  • Hot Gas Around Supermassive Black Holes
  • X-ray Binary Populations of Galaxies
  • Ultraluminous X-ray Sources
  • Intermediate-Mass black holes
  • X-ray Emission From Hot Gas in Early-type Galaxies
  • Clusters/Groups of Galaxies

In the News

NASA's Chandra Observatory Images Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole

Massive Black Hole Implicated in Stellar Destruction

Research Group

Lucas Johnson - graduate student - 2013-present
Christopher Spradlin - graduate student - 2014-present
Peter Maksym - postdoc - 2012-2015
Dacheng Lin - postdoc - 2012-2014
Ka-Wah Wong - postdoc - 2010-2013
Evan Million - postdoc - 2010-2013
Mihoko Yukita - postdoc - 2010-2013
Yuanyuan Su - graduate student - 2009-2013

Teaching

Introduction to Astronomy (AY101)
Solar System Astronomy (AY204)
Astronomy Beyond the Solar System (AY206)