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Dr. Richard Plotkin

( University of Nevada, Reno )

Contact

(775) 784-6508

rplotkin@unr.edu

Institution:University of Nevada, Reno
Departments: physics
Research Fields: Black Holes, Accretion, Jets
Disciplines: Astronomy, Physical Sciences

Mentoring

I regularly mentor graduate and undergraduate students in the Physics department at UNR.

Biography

My research uses multiwavelength space- and ground-based observations to study black hole accretion and relativistic jets, over the full range of black hole masses and accretion rates (from quiescent to super-Eddington). My main research goal is to better understand the structure/geometry of accretion flows and outflows in different accretion regimes, in order to more effectively use radiation as a probe of Galactic and extragalactic black hole populations.