Courses I Teach:

• Physics 212 (General Physics II) -- Spring 2008

• Physics 310 (Astronomy) Spring 2008

Professional History:

• BA, Physics and Mathematics, 1989, University of Minnesota, Morris

• Ph. D., Astrophysics, 1996, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

• Research Associate, Automated Plate Scanner, 1996-1997, University of Minnesota

• Research Associate, The Spacewatch Project, 1997-1999, University of Arizona

• Principal Research Specialist, The Spacewatch Project, 1999-2003, University of Arizona

• Asteroid Survey Analyst, The Spacewatch Project, 2003-2004, University of Arizona

• Assistant Professor of Physics, 2004-Present, United States Naval Academy

Research Interests:

• Galactic Structure

• Near-Earth Asteroids

• The Kuiper Belt

• Ground-based Telescopic Surveys

• Computational Techniques

Refereed Publications since 2001:

• Larsen, Jeffrey A.; Roe, Eric S.; Albert, C. Elise; Descour, Anne S.; McMillan, Robert S.; Gleason, Arianna E.; Jedicke, Robert; Block, Miwa; Bressi, Terrence H.; Cochran, Kim C.; Gehrels, Tom; Montani, Joseph L.; Perry, Marcus L.; Read, Michael T.; Scotti, James V.; Tubbiolo, Andrew F. 2007, "The Search for Distant Objects in the Solar System Using Spacewatch."Astronomical Journal, 133: 1247-1270

• Gural, Peter S.; Larsen, Jeffrey A.; Gleason, Arianna E. 2005, " Matched Filter Processing for Asteroid Detection." Astronomical Journal, 130: 1951-1960.

• Parker, J. E., R. M. Humphreys, and J. A. Larsen. 2003. " The Asymmetric Thick Disk: A Star-Count and Kinematic Analysis. I. The Star Counts." Astronomical Journal, 126: 1346-1361

• Cabanela, J. E., R. M. Humphreys, G. Aldering, J. A. Larsen, S. C. Odewahn, P. M. Thurmes, and C. S. Cornuelle. 2003." The Automated Plate Scanner Catalog of the Palomar Sky Survey. II. The Archived Database." Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 115: 837-843.

• Larsen, J. A. and R. M. Humphreys. 2003." Fitting A Galactic Model To An All-Sky Survey." Astronomical Journal, 125: 1958-1979.

• Jedicke, R., J. Larsen, and T. Spahr. 2002. " Observational Selection Effects in Asteroid Surveys and Estimates of Asteroid Population Sizes." in Asteroids III (W. Bottke et al., eds.). University of Arizona, Tucson, 71-87.

• Larsen, J., A. E. Gleason, N. M. Danzl, A. S. Descour, R. S. McMillan, T. Gehrels, R. Jedicke, J. L. Montani, and J. V. Scotti. 2001. "The Spacewatch Wide Area Survey for Bright Centaurs and Transneptunian Objects." Astronomical Journal, 121: 562-579.

Some Links:

• The Spacewatch Project (University of Arizona)

• The Minnesota Automated Plate Scanner

• The IAU Minor Planet Center