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Dr. Kulesa's main research area is the Galactic interstellar medium, with a special emphasis on the broad understanding of the life cycle of interstellar gas as it relates to star formation. Aspects of this evolutionary cycle include the formation and destruction of molecular clouds and the direct feedback mechanism between stars and gas. To study these processes, he is working on a variety of new infrared and submillimeter instrumentation. He is deputy-PI of both the 'Supercam' 64-beam imaging spectrometer for the SMT, and the balloon-borne Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory. He has also recently deployed a first-generation submillimeter telescope to the summit of the Antarctic plateau (HEAT), and is completing an infrared imager and echelle spectrometer for the MMT (ARIES).Show Less
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Grants
- Gal/Xgal U/LDB Spectroscopic-Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO)
Co-Investigator (COI)
2016
$25.7M
Active - MAPS: The MMT Adaptive Optics ExoPlanetary Characterization System
Co-Investigator (COI)
2017
$2.4M
- STO-2: Support for 4th Year Operations, Recovery, and Science
Co-Investigator (COI)
2017
$244.9K
- Reflight of the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory: STO-2
Co-Investigator (COI)
2014
$1.3M
- Continuing Operation of the High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope at Ridge A, Antarctica
Principal Investigator (PI)
2014
$273.7K
- 10-meter Sub-Orbital Large Balloon Reflector (LBR) Phase II
Co-Investigator (COI)
2014
$149.5K
- Integration of the Supercam Heterodyne Array onto the APEX Telescope
Principal Investigator (PI)
2014
$31.4K
- Gussto: Galo/Xgal U/LDB Spectroscopic/Stratosheric THz Observatory
Co-Investigator (COI)
2011
$151.4K
- High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz (HEAT) Telescopes for Dome A and Ridge A
Principal Investigator (PI)
2010
$1.5M
- HIGGS: The Herschel Inner Galaxy Gas Survey
Co-Investigator (COI)
2009
$264.0K
News
- UArizona will develop and test balloon-borne payloads at new Mission Integration Lab
2022
- A Telescope at the Bottom of the World
2013
- Lifting Space Exploration to New Heights
2011
- Taking the Twinkle Out of the Night Sky
2010
- Arizona Telescopes Focus On Pluto Early March 18
2007
- UA/Smithsonian 6.5-m Telescope Takes Its First Wide-Field Picture
2000
Publications (62)
Recent
- Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS): following the water trail from the interstellar medium to oceans
2021
- Updated Stellar Properties and Companion Candidates from the M-dwarfs in Multiples Survey (MinMs)
2020
- The Data Processing Pipeline for GUSTO
2020
- Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms in Processing Terahertz Spectroscopic Data
2020
- Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS): Following Water from the Interstellar Medium to Oceans
2019
- The warm and dense Galaxy - tracing the formation of dense cloud structures out to the Galactic Center
2019
- Investigating Brown Dwarf Candidates from the M-dwarfs in Multiples (MinMs) Survey
2019
- Probing ISM Structure in Trumpler 14 and Carina I Using the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 2
2019
- GUSTO: A Balloon-Borne TeraHertz Observatory
2019
- Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 2 (STO2) Data Reduction
2019
- STO2 Observations of [CII] and the Structure of the Tr14 Region
2019
- IF system design for the Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO)
2018
- The GUSTO balloon mission
2018
- GUSTO: Gal/Xgal U/LDB Spectroscopic-Stratospheric TeraHertz Observatory
2018
- Kinematics of [CII] Emission in Trumpler 14 amp Carina I Probed with Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory
2018
- 4times2 HEB receiver at 4.7 THz for GUSTO
2018
- Companions and Environments of Low-Mass Stars: From Star-Forming Regions to the Field
2017
- Extended Carbon Emission in the Galaxy: Dark Gas along the G328 Sightline
2016
- Results of using permanent magnets to suppress Josephson noise in the KAPPa SIS receiver
2016
- {Adaptive Optics Imaging of Exoplanet Host Stars}
2016
- {VizieR Online Data Catalog: SFR IRAS 05137+3919 star and jet multiplicity (Cesaroni+, 2015)}
2015
- {The carbon inventory in a cold quiescent filamentary molecular cloud}
2015
- {The M-dwarfs in Multiples (MinMs) Survey - Stellar Multiplicity within 15 pc}
2015
- {VizieR Online Data Catalog: M-dwarfs in Multiples (MinMs) survey. I. (Ward-Duong+, 2015)}
2015
- {The Mopra Southern Galactic Plane CO Survey - Data Release 1}
2015
- {Near-Infrared and Optical colors of Trans-Neptunian Objects and Centaurs from Ground-Based Observations in Support of Spitzer Observations}
2015
- {Star and jet multiplicity in the high-mass star forming region IRAS 05137+3919}
2015
- {Extended Carbon Line Emission in the Galaxy: Searching for Dark Molecular Gas along the G328 Sightline}
2015
- {The M-dwarfs in Multiples (MINMS) survey - I. Stellar multiplicity among low-mass stars within 15 pc}
2015
- {The Absolute Age of the Globular Cluster M15 Using Near-infrared Adaptive Optics Images from PISCES/LBT.}
2015
- {A high-resolution image of the inner shell of the P Cygni nebula in the infrared [Fe II] line}
2014
- {Variable Accretion Processes in the Young Binary-star System UY Aur}
2014
- CO survey of molecular clouds. III. Serpens (Burleigh+, 2013)
2014
- {The VAST Survey - IV. A wide brown dwarf companion to the A3V star {$zeta$} Delphini}
2014
- {The kilopixel array pathfinder project (KAPPa), a 16-pixel integrated heterodyne focal plane array: characterization of the single pixel prototype}
2014
- {Adaptive Optics Images. III. 87 Kepler Objects of Interest}
2014
- {The Carbon Inventory in a Quiescent, Filamentary Molecular Cloud in G328}
2014
- {VizieR Online Data Catalog: CO survey of molecular clouds. III. Serpens (Burleigh+, 2013)}
2014
- {A Direct Imaging Study to Search for and to Characterize Planetary Mass Companions}
2014
- {Testing Atmospheric Models Across the Brown Dwarf/Planet Boundary with Benchmark Young Substellar Companions}
2014
- Erratum: ''Adaptive Optics Images of Kepler Objects of Interest'' A href=''/abs/2012AJ....144...42A'' (2012, AJ, 144, 42) /A
2013
- Adaptive Optics Images. II. 12 Kepler Objects of Interest and 15 Confirmed Transiting Planets
2013
- Thinking Big for 25 Years: Astronomy Camp Research Projects
2013
- A close-up view of a bipolar jet: Sub-arcsecond near-infrared imaging of the high-mass protostar IRAS 20126+4104
2013
- Opportunities for Terahertz Facilities on the High Plateau
2013
- Lighting the Fire for 25 years: The Nature and Legacy of Astronomy Camp
2013
- Progress and Results from the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR)
2013
- LBT observations of the HR 8799 planetary system. First detection of HR 8799e in H band
2013
- The Arizona Radio Observatory CO Mapping Survey of Galactic Molecular Clouds. III. The Serpens Cloud in CO J = 2-1 and $^13$CO J = 2-1 Emission
2013
- The Mopra Southern Galactic Plane CO Survey
2013
- Submillimeter observations of IRAS and WISE debris disk candidates
2013
- Adaptive Optics Images of Kepler Objects of Interest
2012
- Eleven New Heavily Reddened Field Wolf-Rayet Stars
2012
- The Kilopixel Array Pathfinder Project (KAPPa), a 16 pixel integrated heterodyne focal plane array
2012
- Kepler-21b: A 1.6 R $_Earth$ Planet Transiting the Bright Oscillating F Subgiant Star HD 179070
2012
- Operation of the adaptive optics system at the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
2012
- The Gray Needle: Large Grains in the HD 15115 Debris Disk from LBT/PISCES/Ks and LBTI/LMIRcam/L' Adaptive Optics Imaging
2012
- First Light LBT AO Images of HR 8799 bcde at 1.6 and 3.3 $ mu$m: New Discrepancies between Young Planets and Old Brown Dwarfs
2012
- Tracing the Serpens Molecular Cloud with 12CO and 13CO J = 2 - gt 1: Achieving High Resolution over a Large Field of View.
2012
- Where is Ridge A?
2012
- First observations with SuperCam and future plans
2012
- High-resolution Images of Orbital Motion in the Orion Trapezium Cluster with the LBT AO System
2012