Dr. Kristine Spekkens Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Office: Sawyer Building, Room 5304
Telephone: 613-541-6000 ext 6340
Fax: 613-541-6040
E-mail: Kristine.Spekkens@rmc.ca
Department of Physics
Royal Military College of Canada
PO Box 17000, Station Forces
Kingston, Ontario CANADA
K7K 7B4
Dr. Spekkens' research aims to understand the structure and evolution of nearby galaxies in a cosmological context. She is spearheading a variety of projects to help reconcile long-standing discrepancies between the observed properties of spiral galaxies and predictions from galaxy formation theory, and is particularly interested in developing robust techniques for inferring the distribution of dark matter in these systems. Dr. Spekkens is also involved in a large survey effort to map the distribution and kinematics of atomic hydrogen in the local Universe, which enables studies of galaxy evolution in diverse environments and searches for the "starless halos" predicted by cosmology.
