Dr. Rhode's primary research area is the origin and evolution of galaxies and their stellar populations. She has ongoing projects to survey the globular cluster populations of giant spiral, lenticular, and elliptical galaxies with wide-field CCD cameras and to study the kinematics and dynamics of extragalactic globular cluster systems with multi-object spectrographs like WIYN/Hydra, AAT/AAOmega and MMT/Hectospec.
In addition to her research on galaxies, Dr. Rhode has investigated the rotational evolution of young, solar-type stars.
Areas of expertise:
- Exoplanets and their Stellar Hosts
- Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Rhode's Projects
- Wide-Field CCD Imaging Survey of the Globular Cluster Systems of Giant Galaxies
- Formation and Evolution of Giant Spiral, S0, and Elliptical Galaxies
- Using Globular Clusters as Kinematic and Dynamical Probes of their Host Galaxies
Research Interests
- Stellar populations, structure, and formation of nearby galaxies; extragalactic globular cluster systems; rotation and evolution of solar-type pre-main-sequence stars
Prof. Rhode's research interests include the evolution of rotation in young, solar-type stars.
