Matthew J. Richter

Research Physicist

address:: Department of Physics; Phys 539; University of California, Davis; Davis, CA 95616; 530-554-1374 (office); 530-752-4717 (FAX); e-mail: richter#physics.ucdavis.edu (replace the # with @)
research interests:: infrared astronomical spectroscopy;; infrared studies of interstellar molecules;; development of high-resolution infrared spectrographs
education:: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1995

CURRENT PROJECTS: EXES: a mid-IR spectrograph for SOFIA with R=100,000; TEXES: a ground-based mid-IR spectrograph with R=100,000; (Here's a look at the Earth's atmosphere at R = a few thousand. This is what we have to look through)

FUN STUFF: The John Muir Trail: Read a description of our 20 day trip through the Sierra Nevada (and see some pictures).; Atacama Site Visit: Pictures of my March 2002 trip to the Atacama (Chile) site for seeing measurements.