Tracy Webb, McGill University

Research

Brightest Cluster Galaxies Cooling Flows Galaxy Clusters Galaxy Evolution Galaxy Mergers High Redshift Multiwavelength Astronomy Starbursts

Latest funding

Feeding the Beasts: Shedding light on the formation processes of today's most massive galaxies.
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$246,000
Multiwavelength Studies of Galaxy Evolution
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$110,000
Multiwavelength studies of galaxy evolution
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$160,000

All 6 grants and awards

Feeding the Beasts: Shedding light on the formation processes of today's most massive galaxies.

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Webb, Tracy

Keywords: brightest cluster galaxies; star formation; galaxy clusters; high redshift; supermassive black holes; galaxy evolution; multiwavelength astronomy; starbursts; galaxy mergers; cooling flows

$246,000

Multiwavelength Studies of Galaxy Evolution

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Webb, Tracy

$110,000

Multiwavelength studies of galaxy evolution

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Webb, Tracy

$160,000

The formation and evolution of massive galaxies

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Webb, Tracy

$99,297

The formation and evolution of massive galaxies

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Webb, Tracy

$60,000

The thirty meter telescope project

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Special Research Opportunity Program - Project

Principal investigators: Carlberg, Raymond

$6,000,000

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: Brightest Cluster Galaxies Dear Professor Webb, 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 brightest cluster galaxies 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 "Feeding the Beasts: Shedding light on the formation processes of today's most massive galaxies." (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]