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Joel Kastner

Professor

Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
College of Science

585-475-7179
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Joel Kastner

Professor

Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
College of Science

Education

BS, University of Maryland; MS, Ph.D., University of California

Bio

585-475-7179

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Currently Teaching

ASTP-790
1 - 3 Credits
Masters-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
ASTP-791
0 Credits
Continuation of Thesis
ASTP-890
1 - 6 Credits
Dissertation research by the candidate for an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
ASTP-891
0 Credits
Continuation of Thesis
IMGS-890
1 - 6 Credits
Doctoral-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
IMGS-891
0 Credits
Continuation of Thesis

In the News

  • July 25, 2023

    yellow and purple dust particle forming around a yellow orb in space.

    RIT professor co-authors paper on new planetary formation findings

    Joel Kastner, a professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and School of Physics and Astronomy, and a team of researchers with the European Southern Observatory have discovered new evidence of how planets as massive as Jupiter can form.

  • May 4, 2023

    two side-by-side images of star dust shown as concentric circles of varying shades of orange.

    RIT scientist helps explore mysterious shadow play around planet-forming disk

    Professor Joel Kastner from RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and School of Physics and Astronomy is part of a team of scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope to study how the changing patterns of shadows cast on the dusty disks orbiting young stars can reveal the presence of newly formed planets.