Dr. Burchett studies the evolution of galaxies and the larger scale structures in which they reside. As galaxies are bathing in vast reservoirs of gas in the circumgalactic, intragroup/intracluster, and the intergalactic medium, the exchange of matter and energy between galaxies and these media are a central focus of Burchett's research group. They use a variety of observational techniques from ultraviolet QSO absorption line spectroscopy to optical integral field spectroscopy, theoretical models (cosmological simulations and analytical models), and data visualization to characterize these galaxy-CGM/IGrM/ICM/IGM interactions.
Burchett is currently NMSU's Collaboration Council representative and has served as Commissioning Scientist in SDSS-V. He is active in the Black Hole Mapper Working Group on Galaxy Clusters. Burchett is also on the science teams for the Line Emission Mapper X-ray probe mission concept, which is currently in the Phase A proposal stage, and the Aspera NASA SmallSat Pioneers mission, which is currently preparing for launch with the goal of spectropic imaging of the CGM of nearby galaxies.
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