Joseph Ribaudo

Joseph Ribaudo, Ph.D.

 

Assistant Professor of Physics

     Email: jsribaud@utica.edu               Phone: (315) 223-2516            Office: 190 Gordon Science
 

 

I grew up in western New York, where I spent most of my youth playing baseball and discovering my love of science (especially physics). It was my passion in both these areas that led me to attend Allegheny College after high school. I majored in physics and mathematics at Allegheny while minoring in philosophy. After graduating with my B.S. in physics and math, I attended graduate school at the University of Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame I began working with Professors Chris Howk and Nicolas Lehner in the area of astrophysics, and in particular, absorption spectroscopy of intergalactic gas. My research focused on using Lyman limit systems to study the circumgalactic environments of galaxies in an effort to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for the circulation gas throughout galaxies, and if these mechanisms have evolved over cosmic time. In the fall of 2011, I joined the Utica College faculty. I am heavily involved in the general physics curriculum and am currently working on updating the astronomy offerings of the physics department. In addition to my work at the college, I am a member of the board of directors for the Utica Children's Museum.

Although my baseball playing days are behind me, I have discovered new and exciting sports to occupy my free time. If not in the office, you may find me with my wife on the golf course, the trails, the ultimate frisbee field, the hockey rink, or chasing our incredibly wonderful, but equally pathetic, boxer, Rosie, around the yard/town. 

 

My astrophysics research interests include:

    Ribaudo, Joseph, Lehner, Nicolas, Howk, J. Christopher, Werk, Jessica K., Tripp, Todd M., Prochaska, J. Xavier, Meiring, Joseph D., & Tumlinson, Jason 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Evidence for Cold Accretion: Primitive Gas Flowing onto a Galaxy at z ~ 0.274