Dr. Nicholas MacDonald is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Dr. MacDonald's research focuses on the study of extragalactic jets. He has been involved in theoretical, observational, and numerical studies of the physics of jet propagation and emission from kilo-parsec to sub-parsec scales.
Biography
Dr. Nicholas MacDonald was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, Germany (2017-2021) then a Staff Scientist at the MPIfR (2021-23). He joined the faculty at UM in 2023.
His memberships include:
- The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration
- Polarimetric Monitoring of AGN at mm-Wavelengths (POLAMI) Program
- MPIfR Radio Astronomy/VLBI Group
- Boston University Blazar Group
- Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
- American Astronomical Society (AAS)
- European Astronomical Society (EAS)
- AAS High-Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD)
Courses Taught
- Astr 103 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System
- Astr 204 Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies
- Phys 211 Physics for Science & Engineering I
- Phys 212 Physics for Science & Engineering II
Education
Ph.D. Astronomy, Boston University (2017)
B.S. Astronomy, Saint Mary's University (2006)
M.Sc Astronomy, Saint Mary's University (2008)