Faculty Office Hour: Extraterrestrials, Black Holes, and Death by Space with Professor Doug Gobeille

Professor Doug Gobeille is a teaching professor of astrophysics at the University of Rhode Island. His primary research focuses on the study of supermassive black holes, specifically their production of active galactic nuclei and their evolution through cosmological time. This work focuses on studying the morphology of radio loud quasars using the Very Large Array (JVLA) in Socorro, NM. Additionally, observations are made with the SWIFT, Chandra, XMM Newton, and Fermi space telescopes to investigate the energy production mechanisms for X-rays and gamma-rays in high redshift quasar jets.
Professor Gobeille's classes examine life, humanity, and their place in the universe by incorporating modern observations and publications into introductory classroom investigations. He works with other faculty in building the larger astronomy and astrophysics facet of the URI Physics Department, including undergraduate research, upper level courses, and astrophotography.