#  James M. Moran 

Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus

 

 

 



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 *Research Interests:* Radio Astronomy, [Supermassive Black Holes](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/rg/extreme_astrophysics/supermassive_blackholes.html), [Massive Star Formation](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/rg/star_and_planet_formation/massive_star_formation.html), [Active Galactic Nuclei](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/rg/galaxies/active_galactic_nuclei.html), [Extragalactic Distance Scale](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/rg/cosmology/extragalactic_distance_scale.html), Cosmic Masers.  
*Instrumentation:*  Astronomical Detectors and Telescopes , Very Long Baseline Interferometers

 *Publications:* [astro-ph](http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/au:%20Moran_J/0/1/0/all/0/1) , [ADS](http://adsabs.harvard.edu.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&aut_req=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=Moran,%20J.M.&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=200&start_nr=1&jou_pick=ALL&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=SCORE&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1)



 

 

 





 

 

- ## People Role
    
     [Emeritus ITC Members](/people-role/emeritus-itc-members)
- ## Research Area
    
     [Gravity](/research-area/gravity) [High Energy Astrophysics](/research-area/high-energy-astrophysics)