Douglas Johnstone, University of Victoria

Research

astrochemistry circumstellar disks episodic accretion planet formation protostars star formation

Latest funding

Uncovering the Episodic Nature of Star Formation and Revealing the Environment in which Stars and Planets Form
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$246,000
Star Formation: Following the Evolutionary Sequence from Cloud Assembly through Protostars and Circumstellar Disks
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$140,000
Star formation: using observations to constrain the physics
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$200,000

All 5 grants and awards

Uncovering the Episodic Nature of Star Formation and Revealing the Environment in which Stars and Planets Form

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Johnstone, Douglas

Keywords: star formation; protostars; episodic accretion; circumstellar disks; astrochemistry; planet formation

$246,000

Star Formation: Following the Evolutionary Sequence from Cloud Assembly through Protostars and Circumstellar Disks

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Johnstone, Douglas

$140,000

Star formation: using observations to constrain the physics

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Johnstone, Douglas

$200,000

Understanding how stars with disks form and evolve

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Johnstone, Douglas

$179,500

Star formation from molecular clouds to circumstellar disks

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Johnstone, Douglas

$138,300

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: astrochemistry Dear Professor Johnstone, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on astrochemistry connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Uncovering the Episodic Nature of Star Formation and Revealing the Environment in which Stars and Planets Form" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]