Texas Tech University

Robert Morehead

Instructor and Director of the Preston Gott Observatory
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email: Robert.Morehead@ttu.edu

Phone: (806) 834-7940

Office: 014 Science Building

Physics & Astronomy Instructor

Ph.D., Penn State University (2016)

M. S., University of Florida (2013)

B. S., Columbia University (2009)

Morehead

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Research Interests

My research interests are in exoplanets. I am interested in using simulation-based statistical methods, like approximate Bayesian computation, to understand the orbital architectures of exoplanets populations discovered with space-based transit surveys such as Kepler and the upcoming TESS mission. As the director of the Preston Gott Observatory, I am also interested in using small telescopes for photometric follow-up of targets from both ground and space-based exoplanet transit surveys..